5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spaɪz/

Noun

plural of spy

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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 SPIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPIES 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,430 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE TRAIN SOLAR ROANY CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPIES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,430 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPIES ranks #11,430 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
739
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

509
362
183
182
124
96
79
63
60
58
57
55
50
34
30
29
23
23
19
19
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPIES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
TALON 5.77 bits
15.3% →
LEARE 5.51 bits
7.8% →
TRAIN 5.03 bits
7.7% →
SOLAR 4.10 bits
5.3% →
ROANY 4.78 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 4.58 bits
3.3% →
POUTY 4.79 bits
2.7% →
CARTE 4.32 bits
2.5% →
TILDE 4.29 bits
2.5% →
ROUTE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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