Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SPEUG

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

No dictionary definition for SPEUG is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use SPEUG in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How SPEUG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEUG 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,224 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SPEUG used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.45 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SPEUG 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#7,224 Rank among openers
Opening with SPEUG solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,224 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

SPEUG can come back 92 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

496 answers
438 answers
142 answers
131 answers
85 answers
84 answers
82 answers
80 answers
77 answers
69 answers
67 answers
65 answers
52 answers
31 answers
31 answers
28 answers
27 answers
26 answers
20 answers
19 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
14 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
11 answers
11 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1U1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing SPEUG

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SPEUG.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEUG:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
18% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRULY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
CAROL 6.07 bits
18.4% →
ROATE 5.25 bits
6.0% →
TRULY 4.71 bits
5.5% →
LAIRY 4.68 bits
3.6% →
CARET 4.52 bits
3.5% →
RAILE 4.96 bits
3.4% →
PILOT 5.05 bits
3.4% →
GROIN 5.14 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.82 bits
2.9% →
PAIRE 4.66 bits

Research on SPEUG

Game-tree analysis and word research for SPEUG, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SPEUG, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.75 guesses and ranks #7,967 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.86 guesses at best and is rank #3,307 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.75, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).