- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words starting with SME
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words that start with SME.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: SMEAR (August 7, 2022); SMELL (March 12, 2026); SMELT (March 14, 2022).
AARTI does not fit this page's clues. SMELL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The SME prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- S most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 5th (22%).
- M most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- E most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (22%), 5th (11%).
Word notes
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SMEAR
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
“The artist smeared paint over the canvas in broad strokes.”
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Past Wordle answer: August 7, 2022.
SMELL
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
“I love the smell of fresh bread.”
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Past Wordle answer: March 12, 2026.
SMELT
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
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Past Wordle answer: March 14, 2022.
SMEEK
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SMEES
plural of smee
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SMEIK
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SMEKE
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SMERK
Dated form of smirk.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SMEWS
plural of smew
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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