5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPRAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɹæt/

Noun

Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.

Noun

Any of various similar fish of other genera.

Verb

To manure (land) with sprats (the fish).

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.

Why this solver ranks SPRAT highly

This solver ranks SPRAT highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #71 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #47 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.54 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CLONE CLINE DECOR BEARD TITHE PINEY
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPRAT 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.

3.54 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#47 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPRAT ranks #47 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
1,070
4 guesses
1,060
5 guesses
134
6 guesses
10
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:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
36%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
208
205
125
98
85
62
59
58
56
51
49
47
45
43
40
36
33
32
26
26
25
23
22
20
20
20
19
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPRAT:

16% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
9% chance
Suggested:
DECOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
CLONE 5.94 bits
8.8% →
CLINE 5.35 bits
8.7% →
DECOR 4.95 bits
5.3% →
BEARD 4.49 bits
4.2% →
TITHE 5.14 bits
3.6% →
CLINE 5.09 bits
2.6% →
PINEY 4.73 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 4.73 bits
2.5% →
LATTE 4.38 bits
2.4% →
HOISE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3R1A1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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