5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SMARM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /smɑːm//smɑɹm/

Noun

Smarmy language or behavior.

Noun

A style of fan fiction in which characters are warm and caring toward each other but without sexual overtones.

Verb

To fawn, to be unctuous.

Verb

To address in a fawning and unctuous manner.

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 SMARM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMARM 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,731 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TOUSE CLONE MOULT CLINE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMARM 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,731 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMARM ranks #10,731 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
17
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
31%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
321
271
164
127
90
84
74
60
54
53
46
44
38
35
32
28
27
26
26
25
16
15
14
13
10
9
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMARM:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
13.6% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
11.5% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
7.0% →
TOILE 5.11 bits
5.4% →
TALER 4.67 bits
3.8% →
TOUSE 5.03 bits
3.6% →
CLONE 4.73 bits
3.1% →
MOULT 4.76 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 3.96 bits
2.3% →
THALE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3A1R1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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