5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SNAWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SNAWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SNAWS 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,021 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER RIONE TRICE CANOE RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNAWS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,021 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNAWS ranks #12,021 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
737
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
30%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

685
357
202
156
136
106
100
65
53
44
43
39
37
33
30
21
21
15
14
13
13
12
12
10
10
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNAWS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
15.1% →
TALER 5.55 bits
8.6% →
RIONE 5.21 bits
6.6% →
TOILE 5.12 bits
5.8% →
TRICE 5.13 bits
4.5% →
CANOE 4.34 bits
4.2% →
RUOTE 5.39 bits
2.8% →
TRODE 5.09 bits
2.2% →
PALET 3.62 bits
1.9% →
TUILE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1A1W4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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