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

SPIKE

Yes, SPIKE was the Wordle answer on August 5, 2021 (Wordle #47).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spaɪk/

Noun

A sort of very large nail.

Noun

A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.

“The trap was lined with spikes.”

Verb

To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.

“to spike down planks”

Verb

To set or furnish with spikes.

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: August 5, 2021 (#47).

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

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How SPIKE performs as a guess

SPIKE 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,270 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER TRAIN LARGE ROAST CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPIKE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,270 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPIKE ranks #7,270 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
39%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
S P I C E
S P I K E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPIKE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
337
179
164
106
81
81
72
60
44
43
42
40
40
38
38
32
29
28
26
25
23
20
20
20
19
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPIKE:

19% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
TALON 5.80 bits
14.3% →
ALTER 5.41 bits
7.6% →
TRAIN 5.03 bits
7.0% →
LARGE 4.44 bits
4.5% →
ROAST 4.69 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 4.43 bits
3.4% →
TRASH 4.86 bits
3.1% →
POUTY 4.85 bits
2.5% →
DINER 4.59 bits
1.9% →
CLARY 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1K5E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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