5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SPEKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SPEKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEKS 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 384 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,717 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE ROANY PARTY PAIRE TRADE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.64 Entropy (bits)
384 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEKS 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,717 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEKS ranks #13,717 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
647
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
374
6 guesses
27
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
25%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

711
576
134
110
83
82
76
75
68
60
32
29
20
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEKS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TALON
24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
TALON 5.85 bits
24.4% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
5.7% →
ROANY 4.83 bits
4.7% →
PARTY 4.83 bits
3.5% →
PAIRE 4.70 bits
3.5% →
TRADE 4.60 bits
3.2% →
TRASH 4.68 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.77 bits
2.9% →
TIARE 4.11 bits
2.5% →
CLARY 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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