5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPILE

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spaɪl/

Noun

A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.

Noun

A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.

Verb

To plug (a hole) with a spile.

Verb

To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.

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 SPILE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPILE 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 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 #518 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TENOR ANTIC GRACE CAROL RENAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPILE 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#518 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPILE ranks #518 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
92
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,099
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
16
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
251
132
124
118
99
96
66
58
56
44
44
41
38
37
36
32
31
31
28
24
24
22
22
22
21
21
20
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPILE:

15% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
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
10.6% →
TENOR 5.16 bits
5.6% →
ANTIC 5.11 bits
5.3% →
GRACE 4.56 bits
5.0% →
CAROL 5.02 bits
4.2% →
RENAL 4.50 bits
4.1% →
ROANY 4.73 bits
2.8% →
TRASH 4.86 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.18 bits
2.4% →
POUTY 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1L1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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