5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SMOOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /smuːt/

Noun

A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).

Noun

A small opening built into a dry-stone wall, fence, or hedge to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl.

Alternative forms: smoat, smout, smeut, smot

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 SMOOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMOOT 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 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 285 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,268 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _M__T M in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TARTE RANCE ARIEL MAILE CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
285 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMOOT 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,268 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMOOT ranks #8,268 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
20
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:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
36%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

718
194
171
159
122
118
111
89
55
49
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMOOT:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
RAILE 6.28 bits
8.2% →
TARTE 5.62 bits
7.3% →
RAILE 5.22 bits
6.7% →
RANCE 4.99 bits
5.2% →
ARIEL 5.22 bits
5.0% →
MAILE 5.21 bits
4.7% →
RAILE 5.18 bits
3.8% →
CRANE 4.92 bits
2.3% →
RAIKE 4.51 bits
2.1% →
THANE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3O1O1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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