5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SNECK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /snɛk/

Noun

A latch or catch.

Noun

The nose.

Verb

To latch, to lock.

Verb

To cut.

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 SNECK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SNECK 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,982 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _N__K N in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE GONAD ROAST ARIEL CORAL
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNECK 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,982 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNECK ranks #6,982 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
18
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:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
426
168
116
102
99
96
75
61
59
57
34
34
34
31
31
28
27
21
19
19
18
15
15
14
13
13
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNECK:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
GONAD

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
TRAIL 5.89 bits
18.1% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
7.1% →
GONAD 5.15 bits
4.9% →
ROAST 4.77 bits
4.3% →
ROAST 4.99 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 4.50 bits
4.1% →
CORAL 5.17 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.73 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
PARTE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1E1C3K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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