5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPOOT

SPOOT 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

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SPOOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPOOT 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 282 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,479 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TARTE CARLE PLIER ARIEL CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
282 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPOOT 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,479 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPOOT ranks #6,479 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
21
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:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
36%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

713
192
183
149
132
115
103
79
55
52
49
29
28
26
24
24
24
22
22
17
15
15
14
14
13
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPOOT:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
RAILE 6.30 bits
8.1% →
TARTE 5.61 bits
7.8% →
CARLE 5.06 bits
6.3% →
RAILE 5.21 bits
5.6% →
PLIER 5.36 bits
4.9% →
ARIEL 5.12 bits
4.4% →
RAILE 5.11 bits
3.4% →
CRANE 4.96 bits
2.3% →
MARLE 4.61 bits
2.2% →
RAIKE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3O1O1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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