5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPIRT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Archaic spelling of spurt.

Noun

Archaic spelling of spurt.

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 SPIRT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPIRT 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #108 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CANOE LIANE HAOLE CLONE TARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPIRT 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#108 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPIRT ranks #108 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
1,088
4 guesses
1,014
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
37%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
273
122
112
96
78
76
68
68
65
63
60
50
42
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33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPIRT:

18% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
12% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
5% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
ALONE 6.05 bits
11.6% →
CANOE 5.35 bits
5.2% →
LIANE 5.05 bits
4.7% →
HAOLE 5.37 bits
4.1% →
HAOLE 5.07 bits
3.3% →
CLONE 4.97 bits
3.2% →
HAOLE 5.00 bits
2.9% →
TARTE 4.57 bits
2.9% →
PLUME 4.89 bits
2.8% →
FLANE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1R1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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