5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPRUE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɹuː/

Noun

A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.

Noun

A channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process.

Verb

To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.

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 SPRUE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPRUE 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,425 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEANT DRAIN AIDER LIANE BLUNT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPRUE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#3,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPRUE ranks #3,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
98
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

364
218
180
177
125
120
104
59
56
53
49
42
36
35
34
30
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPRUE:

15% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
TALON 5.85 bits
9.2% →
LEANT 5.27 bits
7.6% →
DRAIN 5.34 bits
7.5% →
AIDER 4.11 bits
5.3% →
LIANE 4.56 bits
5.1% →
BLUNT 4.57 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 4.67 bits
2.5% →
SAIST 4.50 bits
2.4% →
PLAIT 4.98 bits
2.2% →
TRACE 3.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3R1U1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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