5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SPERM

SPERM is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɜɹm//spɜːm/

Noun

The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.

Noun

Semen; the generative substance of male animals.

Verb

To ejaculate.

Verb

To ejaculate on or into.

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

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 SPERM performs as a guess

SPERM 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,150 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _P__M P in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE TOILE TRAIN SLANT COMMA
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPERM 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,150 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPERM ranks #4,150 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
12
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S E R U M
S P E R M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPERM in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

415
291
205
202
132
72
71
65
54
52
51
49
42
42
35
34
27
27
26
24
23
23
23
20
19
16
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPERM:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
12% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
TONAL 5.92 bits
12.3% →
ANILE 5.33 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 4.27 bits
8.6% →
TRAIN 5.22 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
3.1% →
COMMA 4.67 bits
3.0% →
BLAST 4.64 bits
2.8% →
PIANO 4.84 bits
2.3% →
LEAST 4.48 bits
2.2% →
FLEET 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1R1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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