5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SPICE

Yes, SPICE was the Wordle answer on August 22, 2023 (Wordle #794).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spaɪs/

Noun

Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.

Noun

The quality of being spicy.

“What spice level do you want for your pad thai? I recommend mild.”

Verb

To add spice or spices to; season.

Verb

To spice up.

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: August 22, 2023 (#794).

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

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How SPICE performs as a guess

SPICE 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,890 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER GLARE TIDAL SLANT CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPICE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,890 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPICE ranks #1,890 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
933
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
13
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:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
42%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
S P I C E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPICE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
298
142
138
105
80
74
71
64
56
51
46
39
39
37
36
36
35
35
27
26
24
24
23
22
21
19
18
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPICE:

16% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
6% chance
Suggested:
GLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
TALON 5.82 bits
12.6% →
ALTER 5.38 bits
6.0% →
GLARE 4.54 bits
5.9% →
TIDAL 4.93 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 4.95 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.33 bits
3.0% →
TRASH 4.75 bits
2.7% →
POUTY 4.65 bits
2.4% →
DINER 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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