5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPIAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪəl/

Noun

Espionage.

Noun

A spy.

Alternative forms: spyale, spiall

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 SPIAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPIAL 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #666 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRONE RONTE COURE BLATE TORSE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPIAL 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
#666 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPIAL ranks #666 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,044
4 guesses
1,048
5 guesses
180
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
2 vowels
Common:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
290
150
130
100
94
90
83
68
54
50
47
47
46
32
32
32
31
28
28
21
21
20
19
19
18
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPIAL:

16% chance
Suggested:
TONER
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
6% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
TONER 6.08 bits
12.3% →
TRONE 5.46 bits
6.4% →
RONTE 5.31 bits
5.5% →
COURE 5.17 bits
4.2% →
BLATE 4.48 bits
4.0% →
TONER 5.10 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 5.01 bits
3.5% →
TORSE 5.16 bits
2.9% →
POREY 5.06 bits
2.3% →
CRATE 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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