5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SPUDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of spud

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 SPUDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPUDS 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 59.5% of games, misses completely in 40.5%, and leaves about 456 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,274 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

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ROATE LEANT ARIEL LATER PAIRE TRACE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
456 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPUDS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,274 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPUDS ranks #12,274 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
705
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
26%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

955
206
202
157
154
123
71
49
37
33
28
28
24
23
23
23
18
18
17
17
17
16
12
11
10
9
6
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPUDS:

40% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.5% →
ROATE 6.05 bits
8.7% →
LEANT 5.35 bits
8.6% →
ARIEL 5.73 bits
6.7% →
LATER 4.96 bits
6.5% →
PAIRE 5.47 bits
5.2% →
ROATE 5.59 bits
3.0% →
TRACE 4.86 bits
2.1% →
RIONE 4.50 bits
1.6% →
TRINE 4.43 bits
1.4% →
CRINE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3U1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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