5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SNEER

SNEER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /snɪə̯//snɪɚ̯/

Verb

To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.

Verb

To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.

“to sneer fulsome lies at a person”

Noun

A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

Noun

A display of contempt; scorn.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SNEER performs as a guess

SNEER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,096 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__R N in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COALY DEALT TONIC COATE OASIS GRAIN
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNEER 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,096 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNEER ranks #5,096 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
21
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:
ENRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
P E R C H
S N E E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SNEER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
217
195
171
123
122
92
92
61
53
50
45
44
42
40
39
38
30
27
22
22
21
18
17
17
14
13
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13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNEER:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
COALY
8% chance
Suggested:
DEALT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
COALY 5.64 bits
9.2% →
COALY 5.14 bits
8.3% →
DEALT 5.40 bits
7.3% →
TONIC 4.99 bits
5.2% →
COATE 4.66 bits
5.2% →
COALY 4.67 bits
3.9% →
COALY 3.43 bits
3.9% →
OASIS 4.72 bits
2.6% →
GRAIN 4.32 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1E1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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