5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SMOKY

SMOKY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsmoʊki/

Adjective

Filled with smoke.

“a smoky cabin”

Adjective

Giving off smoke.

“a smoky oil lamp”

Alternative forms: smokey, smoakie

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

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 SMOKY performs as a guess

SMOKY 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 68.6% of games, misses completely in 31.4%, and leaves about 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,670 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _M__Y M in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TONER THANE TIARE URATE TRADE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMOKY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,670 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMOKY ranks #9,670 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,287
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
15
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
38%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
S M O K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SMOKY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

740
234
182
163
129
110
107
75
64
49
44
41
36
28
28
26
26
19
19
18
17
13
13
13
11
10
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMOKY:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
THANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.4% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
9.9% →
TONER 5.42 bits
7.7% →
THANE 5.22 bits
6.9% →
TIARE 4.78 bits
5.5% →
URATE 5.40 bits
4.7% →
TRADE 4.68 bits
4.5% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
3.2% →
CARLE 5.08 bits
2.7% →
MORAE 4.46 bits
2.1% →
PEART 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3O1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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