5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPICK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɪk/

Noun

Alternative spelling of spic.

Adjective

Tidy; fresh.

Verb

Pronunciation spelling of speak.

Noun

A nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).

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.

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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__K P in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TILDE LEANT CARLE GRATE PARLE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPICK 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,803 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPICK ranks #4,803 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
178
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
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
32%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

759
215
158
137
129
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPICK:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.2% →
ROATE 6.12 bits
9.1% →
TILDE 5.28 bits
6.7% →
LEANT 5.37 bits
5.8% →
ROATE 5.56 bits
5.5% →
CARLE 5.48 bits
5.1% →
GRATE 5.12 bits
4.9% →
PARLE 5.42 bits
2.7% →
LEANT 4.87 bits
1.9% →
CANER 4.47 bits
1.8% →
BLAER 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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