5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SMOUT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A printer who does short-term work in various offices.

Verb

To do occasional work.

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 SMOUT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SMOUT 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,827 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _M__T M in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CARLE TARTE PARLE CRANE ARIEL
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SMOUT 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,827 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SMOUT ranks #2,827 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
954
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
182
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:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
35%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
183
159
132
127
106
88
85
76
51
47
47
35
35
34
29
29
29
27
25
24
22
21
19
17
16
16
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SMOUT:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
7.8% →
CARLE 5.18 bits
6.7% →
TARTE 5.55 bits
5.6% →
PARLE 5.25 bits
5.4% →
CARLE 4.99 bits
4.5% →
CRANE 4.84 bits
3.7% →
ARIEL 5.07 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
3.2% →
LEASH 4.92 bits
2.2% →
RANCE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1M3O1U1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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