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

SPINE

Yes, SPINE was the Wordle answer on November 21, 2024 (Wordle #1251).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spaɪn/

Noun

A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.

Noun

Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.

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: November 21, 2024 (#1251).

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

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How SPINE performs as a guess

SPINE 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,464 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CORAL ALTER GRATE RATIO CLARY TONAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPINE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,464 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPINE ranks #1,464 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
173
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:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPINE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
281
147
129
97
85
78
76
68
61
57
51
41
39
38
38
35
33
32
31
23
22
22
21
20
19
18
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPINE:

15% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
12% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
6% chance
Suggested:
GRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
CORAL 5.96 bits
11.9% →
ALTER 5.38 bits
6.2% →
GRATE 4.56 bits
5.5% →
RATIO 4.98 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 4.80 bits
3.6% →
TONAL 4.79 bits
3.3% →
TRASH 4.78 bits
3.2% →
OLDEN 4.25 bits
2.9% →
POUTY 4.79 bits
2.6% →
ROAST 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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