5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SPOOM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.

Noun

A sorbet containing fruit juice

Alternative forms: spoon

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 SPOOM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPOOM 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 62.3% of games, misses completely in 37.7%, and leaves about 400 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,027 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _P__M P in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE LEANT RANCE IRATE PAIRE MAIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
400 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPOOM 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,027 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPOOM ranks #11,027 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
29%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

888
202
197
141
138
115
99
56
45
38
35
32
30
27
19
19
18
17
15
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15
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11
9
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7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPOOM:

38% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
RANCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.7% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
8.6% →
LEANT 5.38 bits
8.4% →
RANCE 4.96 bits
6.0% →
IRATE 5.44 bits
5.9% →
PAIRE 5.39 bits
4.9% →
MAIRE 5.33 bits
4.2% →
CRATE 4.72 bits
2.4% →
TALER 4.70 bits
1.9% →
MATEY 4.11 bits
1.6% →
REACT 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3O1O1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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