5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SMICK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A chav; a spide.

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 SMICK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMICK 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 300 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,623 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _M__K M in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TILDE PARTE ROULE GRATE LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
300 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMICK 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,623 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMICK ranks #6,623 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
18
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
32%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

730
218
186
152
141
128
125
68
45
42
34
29
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMICK:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
9.2% →
TILDE 5.26 bits
7.9% →
PARTE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
ROATE 5.60 bits
6.0% →
ROULE 5.33 bits
5.4% →
GRATE 5.14 bits
5.3% →
ROATE 5.54 bits
2.9% →
LEANT 4.78 bits
1.9% →
ALONE 4.59 bits
1.8% →
CATER 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3I1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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