5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SMALT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.

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 SMALT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMALT 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #41 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.54 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _M__T M in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CARNE GOIER TRITE RENAL DRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMALT 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.

3.54 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#41 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMALT ranks #41 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
1,069
4 guesses
1,078
5 guesses
120
6 guesses
12
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:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
39%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
176
147
143
110
94
80
80
76
68
67
61
51
39
34
31
30
29
24
24
24
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMALT:

18% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
7% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
6% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
RIONE 6.15 bits
7.5% →
CARNE 5.36 bits
6.2% →
GOIER 5.07 bits
6.1% →
TRITE 5.47 bits
4.7% →
RIONE 5.12 bits
4.0% →
RENAL 4.73 bits
3.4% →
DRICE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
MOIRE 5.11 bits
3.2% →
POIRE 5.07 bits
2.9% →
GOIER 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3A1L1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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