5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SMACK

SMACK is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /smæk/

Noun

A distinct flavor, especially if slight.

“rice pudding with a smack of cinnamon”

Noun

A slight trace of something; a smattering.

Verb

To get the flavor of.

Verb

To have a particular taste; used with of.

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

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 SMACK performs as a guess

SMACK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,354 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _M__K M in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TRINE RUOTE ROUTE TRIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMACK 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,354 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMACK ranks #5,354 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
32%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
A D M I N
S M A C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SMACK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

649
319
165
120
111
108
103
64
62
55
50
43
41
29
26
23
18
16
16
16
15
15
15
13
13
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMACK:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
TOILE 6.04 bits
13.5% →
TALER 5.64 bits
7.0% →
TRINE 5.12 bits
5.1% →
RUOTE 5.62 bits
4.7% →
ROUTE 5.24 bits
4.6% →
TRIDE 5.13 bits
4.4% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
2.7% →
TONER 4.62 bits
2.6% →
TUILE 4.49 bits
2.3% →
MORNE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3A1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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