5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPIRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪəɹi/

Adjective

Like or resembling a spire.

Adjective

Abounding in spires.

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 SPIRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPIRY 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,939 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _P__Y P in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE COATE LEANT ALONE CLONE THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPIRY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,939 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPIRY ranks #2,939 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,087
5 guesses
210
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
1 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
41%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

456
317
156
136
129
94
93
78
64
56
50
46
41
36
33
32
30
27
26
25
23
23
22
22
22
21
18
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPIRY:

19% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
COATE
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
OLATE 6.02 bits
13.4% →
COATE 5.45 bits
6.6% →
LEANT 5.19 bits
5.8% →
ALONE 4.58 bits
5.5% →
LEANT 5.40 bits
4.0% →
CLONE 4.91 bits
3.9% →
THALE 5.24 bits
3.3% →
CADET 4.63 bits
2.7% →
ALONE 5.13 bits
2.4% →
COATE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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