5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPEWY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈspjuː(w)i/

Adjective

Feeling like vomiting; nauseous.

Adjective

Moist; marshy; emitting water.

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

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 SPEWY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEWY 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,147 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _P__Y P in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE SCANT LORIS PATIO CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEWY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,147 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEWY ranks #11,147 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
15
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
36%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
493
163
129
88
82
76
73
72
68
50
47
36
33
29
28
26
22
21
18
17
16
14
14
14
14
13
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEWY:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
21% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
TRAIL 6.03 bits
20.9% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
6.9% →
RAILE 4.18 bits
5.5% →
SCANT 4.64 bits
3.7% →
LORIS 4.70 bits
3.5% →
PATIO 5.05 bits
3.2% →
CRANE 4.46 bits
3.1% →
PAIRE 4.60 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.78 bits
2.9% →
TIARE 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1W4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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