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

SPILL

Yes, SPILL was the Wordle answer on February 26, 2022 (Wordle #252).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɪl/[spɪɫ][spɪo̯]

Verb

To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

“I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.”

Verb

To spread out or fall out, as above.

“Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.”

Noun

Any thing that has been spilled; the resulting mess.

Noun

A fall or stumble.

“The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.”

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: February 26, 2022 (#252).

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

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How SPILL performs as a guess

SPILL 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 69.4% of games, misses completely in 30.6%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,644 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE RONTE BLARE CARTE TRONE PORAE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPILL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,644 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPILL ranks #5,644 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
203
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
34%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
A S K E W
S P I L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPILL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

722
200
174
165
135
113
106
68
50
38
35
30
29
28
27
27
25
25
23
23
22
21
21
20
17
16
16
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPILL:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
7% chance
Suggested:
BLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.6% →
ROATE 6.18 bits
8.5% →
RONTE 5.30 bits
7.4% →
BLARE 5.33 bits
7.0% →
CARTE 5.33 bits
5.7% →
ROATE 5.50 bits
4.8% →
TRONE 5.18 bits
4.5% →
PORAE 5.36 bits
2.9% →
TONER 4.51 bits
2.1% →
CADRE 4.46 bits
1.6% →
TILDE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1L1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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