5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPRIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɹɪt/

Noun

A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.

Noun

A shoot; a sprout.

Verb

To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

Verb

To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.

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.

How SPRIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPRIT 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #78 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CEDAR ANILE HAOLE DAINE CANOE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPRIT 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#78 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPRIT ranks #78 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
1,086
4 guesses
1,012
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IRST

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
266
147
112
96
76
76
70
68
65
60
53
43
42
41
34
33
28
26
22
22
20
20
19
18
18
18
18
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPRIT:

18% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
11% chance
Suggested:
CEDAR
6% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
ALONE 6.05 bits
11.3% →
CEDAR 5.15 bits
6.2% →
ANILE 5.31 bits
4.7% →
HAOLE 5.37 bits
4.1% →
HAOLE 5.08 bits
3.2% →
DAINE 4.65 bits
3.2% →
HAOLE 5.00 bits
3.0% →
CANOE 4.85 bits
2.9% →
PLUME 4.89 bits
2.8% →
FLANE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3R1I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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