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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SMITH

Yes, SMITH was the Wordle answer on February 25, 2024 (Wordle #981).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /smɪθ/

Noun

A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.

Noun

One who makes anything; wright.

Verb

To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

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: February 25, 2024 (#981).

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

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How SMITH performs as a guess

SMITH 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 73.1% of games, misses completely in 26.9%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,592 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _M__H M in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TALER LINER PARLE MORAE GLARE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMITH 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,592 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMITH ranks #2,592 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
979
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
16
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:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
34%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
S M I T H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SMITH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

635
185
170
128
121
105
84
66
65
59
41
40
37
36
31
28
27
24
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMITH:

27% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
LINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.9% →
CARLE 6.08 bits
7.8% →
TALER 5.41 bits
7.2% →
LINER 5.29 bits
5.4% →
PARLE 5.41 bits
5.1% →
MORAE 5.37 bits
4.5% →
GLARE 5.02 bits
3.6% →
PARLE 5.13 bits
2.8% →
CARNE 5.24 bits
2.8% →
ALURE 4.46 bits
2.5% →
TRAIN 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3I1T1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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