5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPINK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɪŋk/[spʰɪŋk]

Noun

The primrose.

Noun

The lady's smock or cuckooflower.

Verb

To call or vocalize.

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 SPINK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPINK 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 69.5% of games, misses completely in 30.5%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,333 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _P__K P in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TILDE MORAE THALE PARLE TRADE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPINK 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,333 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPINK ranks #4,333 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
31%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

720
187
164
146
141
124
97
79
68
38
34
33
33
29
28
25
23
21
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11
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPINK:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
7% chance
Suggested:
MORAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.5% →
ROATE 6.17 bits
7.9% →
TILDE 5.19 bits
7.0% →
MORAE 5.37 bits
6.2% →
ROATE 5.49 bits
6.0% →
THALE 5.44 bits
5.3% →
PARLE 5.43 bits
4.1% →
TRADE 5.05 bits
3.3% →
TIARE 4.35 bits
2.9% →
ROATE 4.76 bits
1.6% →
CARLE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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