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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SPRAY

Yes, SPRAY was the Wordle answer on October 1, 2021 (Wordle #104).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɹeɪ/

Noun

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

“The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.”

Noun

Something resembling a spray of liquid.

Verb

To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

“The firemen sprayed the house.”

Verb

To project in a dispersive manner.

“Spray some ointment on that scratch.”

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: October 1, 2021 (#104).

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

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How SPRAY performs as a guess

SPRAY 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,751 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _P__Y P in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TIARE HOUSE CLOTE THALE LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPRAY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,751 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPRAY ranks #3,751 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
16
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
40%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
S P R A Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPRAY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
251
241
143
114
111
67
61
58
57
55
53
46
45
36
34
32
29
27
23
23
23
22
20
19
19
16
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPRAY:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
TOILE 6.19 bits
10.6% →
TOILE 5.24 bits
10.2% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
6.1% →
TIARE 4.43 bits
4.8% →
TOILE 5.06 bits
4.7% →
TOILE 4.29 bits
2.8% →
HOUSE 4.77 bits
2.6% →
CLOTE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
THALE 4.50 bits
2.4% →
LEANT 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3R1A1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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