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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SPICY

Yes, SPICY was the Wordle answer on September 30, 2021 (Wordle #103).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪsi/

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.

“He prepared a spicy casserole.”

Adjective

Of a flavor, provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin or a similar chemical.

“This curry is too spicy for me. I can't eat it.”

Alternative forms: spicey

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: September 30, 2021 (#103).

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

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How SPICY performs as a guess

SPICY 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,352 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__Y P in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE RONTE DROLE LEANT CARLE URATE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPICY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,352 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPICY ranks #3,352 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
170
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)
74%
Green tile
43%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B E N C H
S P I C Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPICY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

625
187
168
153
120
114
111
88
84
41
36
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPICY:

27% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
ROATE 6.12 bits
7.9% →
RONTE 5.32 bits
7.1% →
DROLE 4.85 bits
6.5% →
LEANT 5.41 bits
5.1% →
CARLE 5.47 bits
4.8% →
URATE 5.45 bits
4.7% →
TRONE 5.05 bits
3.7% →
PARTE 5.38 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.89 bits
1.7% →
CANER 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1C3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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