5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SMAZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Smoky haze in the air.

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 SMAZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMAZE 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,896 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__Z_ S in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _M__E M in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT DETER TALON URINE SNOUT ALTER
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMAZE 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,896 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMAZE ranks #10,896 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
688
4 guesses
1,311
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

413
305
245
154
127
117
92
83
70
49
48
47
45
43
43
40
33
33
32
32
29
24
23
18
17
17
13
13
12
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMAZE:

18% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
COUNT 5.76 bits
12.9% →
DETER 5.34 bits
10.4% →
TALON 5.20 bits
6.5% →
URINE 4.25 bits
5.4% →
SNOUT 4.31 bits
5.0% →
ALTER 4.68 bits
3.9% →
CRINE 4.19 bits
3.5% →
HUMOR 4.71 bits
3.0% →
HOIST 4.83 bits
2.1% →
ANGLE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3A1Z10E1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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