5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SMORE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /smɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

Alternative spelling of s'more.

Verb

To smother.

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 SMORE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMORE 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 87.3% of games, misses completely in 12.7%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,876 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _M__E M in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT LEANT ARIEL TONAL TRIAD SLANT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMORE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,876 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMORE ranks #3,876 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
19
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
40%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

300
189
165
132
127
126
110
63
61
60
58
53
43
42
40
36
35
33
33
32
29
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25
21
21
18
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMORE:

13% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
PAINT 5.72 bits
8.0% →
LEANT 5.28 bits
7.0% →
ARIEL 4.04 bits
5.6% →
TONAL 4.95 bits
5.4% →
LEANT 4.59 bits
5.3% →
TRIAD 5.16 bits
4.7% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
2.7% →
GUMMY 4.43 bits
2.6% →
BARON 4.44 bits
2.5% →
PALSY 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3O1R1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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