5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SPODS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of spod

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of spod

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 SPODS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPODS 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 361 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,485 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER LEANT ARIEL PAIRE URATE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
361 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPODS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#10,485 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPODS ranks #10,485 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,314
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
18
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
28%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

806
271
192
175
150
117
106
56
46
39
32
32
27
25
25
22
19
15
15
14
14
13
12
12
9
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPODS:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
11.5% →
TALER 5.30 bits
8.1% →
LEANT 5.38 bits
7.4% →
ARIEL 5.59 bits
6.4% →
PAIRE 5.36 bits
5.0% →
URATE 5.45 bits
4.5% →
CRATE 4.65 bits
2.4% →
DIANE 4.12 bits
2.0% →
REACT 3.98 bits
1.7% →
RAINE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3O1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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