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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SMART

Yes, SMART was the Wordle answer on November 13, 2021 (Wordle #147).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /smɑɹt//smɑːt/

Verb

To hurt or sting.

“After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"”

Verb

To cause a smart or sting in.

Adjective

Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

Adjective

Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 13, 2021 (#147).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SMART performs as a guess

SMART is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #151 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _M__T M in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CLINE DECOR TITHE BALER MOILE LATTE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMART 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#151 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMART ranks #151 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,047
4 guesses
1,076
5 guesses
144
6 guesses
11
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:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
37%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I S T
S M A R T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SMART in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
240
173
107
101
100
71
60
59
58
58
56
43
43
38
35
34
32
30
30
28
25
25
23
23
22
20
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMART:

15% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
10% chance
Suggested:
DECOR
7% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
CLINE 6.06 bits
10.2% →
DECOR 4.93 bits
7.3% →
CLINE 5.31 bits
4.5% →
CLINE 5.20 bits
4.3% →
TITHE 5.17 bits
4.2% →
BALER 4.59 bits
3.0% →
MOILE 4.93 bits
2.5% →
LATTE 4.47 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3A1R1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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