5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SPURT

Yes, SPURT was the Wordle answer on October 4, 2023 (Wordle #837).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɜːt//spɜɹt/

Verb

To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.

Verb

To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.

Noun

A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.

“a spurt of water; a spurt of blood”

Noun

Ejaculation of semen.

Alternative forms: spirt

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 4, 2023 (#837).

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

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How SPURT performs as a guess

SPURT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #537 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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.

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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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE DAINE HAOLE ANILE AHOLE ALINE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPURT 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#537 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPURT ranks #537 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
1,050
4 guesses
1,054
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
18
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:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
S P U R T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPURT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
313
135
107
89
75
70
70
67
63
59
49
41
38
35
27
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPURT:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
13% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
6% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
ALONE 6.15 bits
13.3% →
DAINE 5.48 bits
5.7% →
HAOLE 5.28 bits
4.5% →
ANILE 5.22 bits
3.8% →
ANILE 4.69 bits
3.2% →
AHOLE 4.54 bits
3.0% →
ALINE 4.65 bits
3.0% →
ALINE 5.24 bits
2.8% →
ALOSE 4.85 bits
2.7% →
MEALY 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3U1R1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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