5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPROG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɹɒɡ//sprɔɡ//sprɑɡ/

Noun

A child.

Noun

A new recruit.

Verb

To produce children.

Verb

To ejaculate, to come.

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 SPROG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPROG 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,294 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___G S in the 1st position and G in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _P__G P in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE CADET CLADE THALE PLATE HASTE
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPROG 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,294 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPROG ranks #2,294 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
12
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
284
186
157
99
99
99
97
60
48
47
45
41
37
36
35
34
32
27
24
24
19
19
18
17
17
16
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPROG:

21% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
CADET
8% chance
Suggested:
CLADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
LIANE 6.09 bits
12.0% →
CADET 5.39 bits
7.9% →
CLADE 5.10 bits
6.7% →
THALE 5.46 bits
4.2% →
LIANE 5.53 bits
4.2% →
PLATE 5.35 bits
4.2% →
HASTE 5.17 bits
4.1% →
CADET 4.41 bits
2.5% →
MATEY 4.69 bits
2.0% →
NAICE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3R1O1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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