5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPEIR

SPEIR is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SPEIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEIR as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,784 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _P__R P in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL OLATE BOARD FLINT COATE COALY
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEIR performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,784 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEIR ranks #1,784 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,091
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
36%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
250
173
132
115
99
89
77
62
58
53
51
50
47
35
35
34
32
31
28
27
26
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25
24
22
22
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEIR:

13% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
BOARD

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

12.9% →
TONAL 5.78 bits
10.6% →
OLATE 5.21 bits
7.3% →
BOARD 5.00 bits
5.6% →
FLINT 4.88 bits
4.9% →
COATE 4.66 bits
4.2% →
COALY 4.70 bits
3.8% →
OLATE 3.34 bits
3.3% →
CLINE 4.33 bits
2.6% →
ANTIC 4.53 bits
2.5% →
BLAST 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for SPEIR; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

S1P3E1I1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.