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SPORT

Yes, SPORT was the Wordle answer on May 27, 2025 (Wordle #1438).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɔːt//spɔɹt/[spɔɹʔ]

Noun

Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

“Basketball is her favorite sport, and she also enjoys various other sports as well.”

Noun

A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

“Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser.”

Verb

To amuse oneself, to play.

“children sporting on the green”

Verb

To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.

“Jen sports with Bill's emotions.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 27, 2025 (#1438).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SPORT performs as a guess

SPORT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #203 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

LIANE LAIDE LEANY TITHE CARER PLAIN
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.0% 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 SPORT 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#203 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPORT ranks #203 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,039
4 guesses
1,082
5 guesses
143
6 guesses
14
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:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N O U T
S H O R T
S P O R T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPORT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
242
153
120
109
86
80
79
71
62
58
53
49
43
39
38
32
27
27
23
20
20
20
19
19
17
17
16
16
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPORT:

18% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
10% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
6% chance
Suggested:
LEANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
LIANE 6.20 bits
10.3% →
LAIDE 5.44 bits
6.5% →
LEANY 4.84 bits
5.1% →
TITHE 5.25 bits
4.6% →
LIANE 5.15 bits
3.6% →
CARER 4.50 bits
3.4% →
PLAIN 5.05 bits
3.4% →
LIANE 4.80 bits
3.0% →
MASSE 4.84 bits
2.6% →
THALE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3O1R1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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