5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCHMO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃməʊ/

Noun

A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.

Noun

Any average Joe; any Joe Schmoe.

“I'm just an average schmo”

Alternative forms: schmoe, shmo, shmoe

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 SCHMO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCHMO 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,052 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position

Try next

RAILE TRONE LEANT TARSE TARGE MAILE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCHMO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,052 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCHMO ranks #7,052 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
15
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
22%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

706
282
177
154
121
91
84
74
57
50
48
47
44
38
31
28
26
21
15
15
15
14
14
13
12
11
11
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCHMO:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
RAILE 6.28 bits
12.0% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
7.5% →
LEANT 5.42 bits
6.5% →
RAILE 5.50 bits
5.1% →
TARSE 5.49 bits
3.9% →
TARGE 5.41 bits
3.6% →
MAILE 5.26 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 4.66 bits
2.4% →
CRANE 4.59 bits
2.1% →
ARIEL 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3H4M3O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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