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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SPELL

Yes, SPELL was the Wordle answer on November 8, 2022 (Wordle #507).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɛl/

Noun

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

“He cast a spell to cure warts.”

Noun

A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.

“under a spell”

Verb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Verb

To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

“I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 8, 2022 (#507).

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

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How SPELL performs as a guess

SPELL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,752 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE ROAST FLAIR LEARE PARTY
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPELL 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,752 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPELL ranks #8,752 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
18
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
32%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
C H A M P
S P E L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPELL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
428
132
118
100
100
88
70
70
63
61
53
41
36
29
26
24
23
19
19
18
17
17
17
13
13
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPELL:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
18% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
TRAIN 6.02 bits
18.2% →
ROATE 5.32 bits
5.6% →
ROAST 4.57 bits
5.0% →
FLAIR 4.65 bits
4.2% →
LEARE 4.50 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 4.89 bits
3.7% →
PARTY 4.81 bits
3.0% →
TRADE 4.61 bits
3.0% →
ROAST 4.82 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1L1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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