5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPIDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A chav.

Verb

simple past and past participle of spy

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 SPIDE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPIDE 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,121 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LATER CARLE TRAIN ROAST TRASH
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPIDE 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
0.68 Volatility
#3,121 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPIDE ranks #3,121 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
40%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

410
295
143
139
119
82
80
74
71
63
44
42
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPIDE:

17% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
LATER
6% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
CAROL 6.06 bits
12.5% →
LATER 5.44 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 4.51 bits
5.9% →
TRAIN 5.05 bits
5.0% →
ROAST 4.60 bits
3.5% →
TRASH 4.84 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 4.63 bits
3.1% →
BOARD 4.86 bits
3.0% →
COALY 4.76 bits
2.7% →
BLAER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1D2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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