5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SMOKO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsməʊkəʊ/

Noun

A cigarette break from work or military duty; a brief cessation of work to have a smoke, or (more generally) to take a small rest, snack etc.

Noun

A tea break or coffee break with cakes, snacks, etc.

Alternative forms: smoke-o, smoke-oh, smokeho

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 SMOKO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMOKO 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 60.5% of games, misses completely in 39.5%, and leaves about 443 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,190 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _M__O M in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER LEANT TARSE PLANE CARLE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.53 Entropy (bits)
443 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMOKO 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,190 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMOKO ranks #13,190 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
677
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
350
6 guesses
26
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
28%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

931
243
211
160
140
100
77
54
40
40
36
28
28
26
19
17
17
14
14
14
13
11
9
9
9
8
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMOKO:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.5% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
10.3% →
TALER 5.15 bits
8.9% →
LEANT 5.37 bits
6.8% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
5.9% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
4.2% →
PLANE 4.61 bits
3.3% →
CARLE 5.10 bits
2.3% →
LATER 4.28 bits
1.7% →
TRICE 4.20 bits
1.7% →
REACT 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3O1K5O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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