5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SMIZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /smaɪz/

Verb

To smile with one's eyes.

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 SMIZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMIZE 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,630 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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

TALON ALTER ANTIC GRACE SLANT MURAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMIZE 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,630 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMIZE ranks #11,630 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
683
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
38%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

472
357
181
175
149
106
97
88
65
53
51
49
48
44
42
31
29
29
27
23
23
18
14
13
12
11
9
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMIZE:

20% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
ANTIC

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
TALON 5.78 bits
15.1% →
ALTER 5.39 bits
7.7% →
ANTIC 5.07 bits
7.4% →
GRACE 4.48 bits
6.3% →
SLANT 4.57 bits
4.5% →
MURAL 5.00 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 4.57 bits
3.7% →
TRASH 4.91 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.59 bits
2.2% →
PEART 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3I1Z10E1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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