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

SPIEL

Yes, SPIEL was the Wordle answer on October 22, 2022 (Wordle #490).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃpiːl//spiːl/

Noun

A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

Noun

An early form of rap music.

Verb

To talk at length.

Verb

To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.

Alternative forms: shpeal, schpeal, shpiel, schpiel

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: October 22, 2022 (#490).

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

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How SPIEL performs as a guess

SPIEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #809 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRADE ANTIC ROAST ALLOT BLATE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPIEL 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
0.71 Volatility
#809 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPIEL ranks #809 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,095
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
40%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPIEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
246
132
129
124
102
96
66
58
58
56
49
44
43
38
34
32
28
28
28
25
25
22
20
20
20
20
19
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPIEL:

15% chance
Suggested:
COURT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
6% chance
Suggested:
ANTIC

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
COURT 5.83 bits
10.4% →
TRADE 5.58 bits
5.6% →
ANTIC 5.11 bits
5.5% →
ROAST 4.12 bits
5.3% →
ALLOT 4.91 bits
4.3% →
BLATE 4.66 bits
4.1% →
ROANY 4.73 bits
2.8% →
TRASH 4.86 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.18 bits
2.5% →
ROUTE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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