5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SMERK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /smɜː(ɹ)k/

Noun

Dated form of smirk.

Verb

Dated form of smirk.

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 SMERK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMERK 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,646 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _M__K M in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE AINEE TRIAD SLANT COMMA
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMERK 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,646 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMERK ranks #7,646 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
10
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

428
310
238
205
124
98
82
63
52
51
50
49
35
34
34
30
28
28
25
24
23
22
21
21
21
20
17
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMERK:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
13% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
10% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
TONAL 5.89 bits
13.1% →
ANILE 5.31 bits
10.1% →
AINEE 4.32 bits
8.7% →
TRIAD 5.19 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.66 bits
4.2% →
COMMA 4.79 bits
3.5% →
LASSO 4.75 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.31 bits
2.2% →
HOARD 4.43 bits
2.2% →
PLANE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3E1R1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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