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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SPELT

Yes, SPELT was the Wordle answer on March 18, 2024 (Wordle #1003).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈspɛlt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of spell

Noun

A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

Noun

Spelter.

Adjective

Of dried beans: pounded, crushed, or split.

Alternative forms: spelled

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: March 18, 2024 (#1003).

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

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How SPELT performs as a guess

SPELT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #536 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

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

S___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY RAINE CORAL NORTH LAREE TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPELT 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#536 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPELT ranks #536 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,119
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
S M E L T
S P E L T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPELT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
304
142
121
118
93
73
66
62
60
59
49
49
46
46
37
31
30
26
26
26
23
22
19
18
18
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPELT:

15% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
13% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
6% chance
Suggested:
CORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
ROANY 5.85 bits
12.9% →
RAINE 5.27 bits
6.0% →
CORAL 5.10 bits
5.1% →
NORTH 5.01 bits
5.0% →
LAREE 4.58 bits
3.9% →
TIARE 4.71 bits
3.1% →
ROANY 4.69 bits
2.8% →
RIONE 4.38 bits
2.6% →
PRIMO 4.55 bits
2.5% →
AMISS 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1L1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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