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Very unlikely Accepted guess B tier for first-turn info

SPRED

SPRED is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Obsolete form of spread.

Noun

Obsolete form of spread.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Use SPRED in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How SPRED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPRED as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,958 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__D P in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position SP_ED S in the 1st position, P in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in SPRED.

First-turn measures

All four describe SPRED used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.02 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SPRED 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#1,958 Rank among openers
Opening with SPRED left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.62 average. It ranks #1,958 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

When SPRED is useful later

No standout example in the positions tested. All 108 sampled states were checked; SPRED was legal in 54.

Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds SPRED

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 125 after. This feedback leaves 125 candidates.

    All 125 surviving candidates

    BERES, BERGS, BERKS, BERMS, BORES, BYRES, CERES, CEROS, CIRES, CORES, CURES, DERES, DERMS, DERNS, DEROS, DERVS, DORES, DURES, ECRUS, EORLS, EPRIS, ESROG, EUROS, EYRES, FERES, FERMS, FERNS, FIRES, FORES, GERES, GERMS, GORES, GYRES, HERBS, HERDS, HERES, HERLS, HERMS, HERNS, HEROS, HERPS, HIRES, JERKS, JURES, KERBS, KERFS, KERNS, KEROS, KORES, LERES, LERPS, LORES, LURES, LYRES, MERCS, MERDS, MERES, MERIS, MERKS, MERLS, MIRES, MORES, MURES, NERDS, NERFS, NERKS, OGRES, OWRES, PERCS, PERES, PERFS, PERIS, PERKS, PERLS, PERMS, PERNS, PERPS, PERVS, PORES, PURES, PYRES, RORES, SCREW, SERED, SERER, SERES, SERFS, SERIC, SERIF, SERIN, SERIR, SERKS, SERON, SEROW, SERRS, SERRY, SERUM, SERVO, SHRED, SHREW, SIRED, SIREN, SIRES, SORED, SOREL, SORER, SORES, SOREX, SPRED, SPREW, SURED, SURER, SURES, SYREN, VERBS, VIRES, WERFS, WEROS, WIRES, XERUS, YERDS, YERKS, YORES, ZERKS, ZEROS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test WEROS against the 125 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    125 before → 7 after. This feedback leaves 7 candidates.

    All 7 surviving candidates

    SHRED, SIRED, SIREN, SPRED, SURED, SURER, SYREN

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 5.09. Information: 1.101 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test SIRED against the 7 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    7 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    SHRED, SPRED, SURED

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.621. Information: 1.101 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test SHRED against the 3 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    3 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    SPRED, SURED

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.311. Information: 0.894 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test SPRED against the 2 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    2 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    SPRED

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 1.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 5 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 5.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 125 after. This feedback leaves 125 candidates.

    All 125 surviving candidates

    BERES, BERGS, BERKS, BERMS, BORES, BYRES, CERES, CEROS, CIRES, CORES, CURES, DERES, DERMS, DERNS, DEROS, DERVS, DORES, DURES, ECRUS, EORLS, EPRIS, ESROG, EUROS, EYRES, FERES, FERMS, FERNS, FIRES, FORES, GERES, GERMS, GORES, GYRES, HERBS, HERDS, HERES, HERLS, HERMS, HERNS, HEROS, HERPS, HIRES, JERKS, JURES, KERBS, KERFS, KERNS, KEROS, KORES, LERES, LERPS, LORES, LURES, LYRES, MERCS, MERDS, MERES, MERIS, MERKS, MERLS, MIRES, MORES, MURES, NERDS, NERFS, NERKS, OGRES, OWRES, PERCS, PERES, PERFS, PERIS, PERKS, PERLS, PERMS, PERNS, PERPS, PERVS, PORES, PURES, PYRES, RORES, SCREW, SERED, SERER, SERES, SERFS, SERIC, SERIF, SERIN, SERIR, SERKS, SERON, SEROW, SERRS, SERRY, SERUM, SERVO, SHRED, SHREW, SIRED, SIREN, SIRES, SORED, SOREL, SORER, SORES, SOREX, SPRED, SPREW, SURED, SURER, SURES, SYREN, VERBS, VIRES, WERFS, WEROS, WIRES, XERUS, YERDS, YERKS, YORES, ZERKS, ZEROS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test WEROS against the 125 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    125 before → 7 after. This feedback leaves 7 candidates.

    All 7 surviving candidates

    SHRED, SIRED, SIREN, SPRED, SURED, SURER, SYREN

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 5.09. Information: 1.101 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test SIRED against the 7 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    7 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    SHRED, SPRED, SURED

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.621. Information: 1.101 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test SHRED against the 3 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    3 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    SPRED, SURED

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.311. Information: 0.894 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test SPRED against the 2 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    2 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    SPRED

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 1.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 5 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 5.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE00211 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)12555
CRANE01001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)71344
SLATE20001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)220Not solved in sixNot solved in six
ADIEU01020 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)30755
STARE20011 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)7056
AUDIO00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)24944
RAISE10011 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)24843
ROATE10001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)50855
SALET20020 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)13856
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 3 · 5 guesses: 5 · 6 guesses: 0 · Failed in six: 1
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 1 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 3 · 6 guesses: 2 · Failed in six: 1

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 3–6 guesses among successes; 2 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

16 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include SPREE, PARED, SPEER, PORED, SPRUE, PERDU, PARDS, PERDY, DORPS, DRAPS. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The worked board still allows 7 different answers at one later decision: SHRED, SIRED, SIREN, SPRED, SURED, SURER, SYREN. These are mechanical alternatives, not a judgement of vocabulary difficulty.

Vocabulary evidence and voluntary player results are reported separately from these solver observations.

Closest competing answers in this board

These words all fit the earlier feedback, rather than merely sharing similar spelling: SHRED, SIRED, SIREN, SPRED, SURED, SURER, SYREN.

A lesson from this route

Before SIRED, 7 words still fit. Its feedback left 3; check the full survivor list before choosing the next answer.

Try another opener or a different move

How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

SPRED can come back 103 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

405 answers
236 answers
171 answers
129 answers
108 answers
100 answers
82 answers
79 answers
78 answers
68 answers
66 answers
60 answers
57 answers
57 answers
33 answers
31 answers
30 answers
30 answers
29 answers
27 answers
27 answers
23 answers
21 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
19 answers
17 answers
16 answers
14 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3R1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Try next

TONAL LIANE TRAIN SLANT TRACE LEANT

Strategy after playing SPRED

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SPRED.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPRED:

17% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
10% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TONAL 5.96 bits
9.9% →
LIANE 5.31 bits
7.1% →
TRAIN 5.26 bits
5.4% →
SLANT 4.66 bits
4.5% →
TRACE 4.79 bits
4.2% →
LEANT 3.53 bits
3.4% →
OASIS 4.72 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 4.39 bits
3.3% →
PLAIT 4.93 bits
2.8% →
DAILY 4.62 bits

Research on SPRED

Game-tree analysis and word research for SPRED, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SPRED, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.63 guesses and ranks #815 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SPRED can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.62, at or below the proven-optimal 3.63, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
SPRED sits in the rare band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words in the source corpus. Corpus frequency does not measure every reader’s familiarity.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0).