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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SNIDE

Yes, SNIDE was the Wordle answer on December 9, 2025 (Wordle #1634).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /snaɪd/

Adjective

Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

“Don't make snide remarks to me.”

Adjective

Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.

Noun

An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practice; a sharper; a cheat.

Noun

Counterfeit money.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 9, 2025 (#1634).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SNIDE performs as a guess

SNIDE 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,536 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LATER GRATE TONAL CLARY RATIO
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNIDE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,536 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNIDE ranks #1,536 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
154
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:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
S N I D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SNIDE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
261
141
121
115
111
89
63
57
56
55
48
45
43
42
40
39
34
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28
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNIDE:

15% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
11% chance
Suggested:
LATER
6% chance
Suggested:
GRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
CAROL 6.03 bits
11.1% →
LATER 5.37 bits
6.0% →
GRATE 4.56 bits
5.1% →
TONAL 4.98 bits
4.9% →
CLARY 4.73 bits
4.7% →
RATIO 4.85 bits
3.8% →
TRASH 4.93 bits
2.7% →
RAVEN 4.44 bits
2.4% →
HOARD 4.70 bits
2.4% →
DETER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1I1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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