SNIFF
SNIFF is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.
As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /snɪf//snəf/
- Verb
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To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
“The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.”
- Verb
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To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
“"He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him.”
- Noun
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An instance of sniffing.
“She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.”
- Noun
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A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
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
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Not used yetNo past answer date found.
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How SNIFF performs as a guess
SNIFF 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 378 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,076 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
As an opener: v5 benchmark
How SNIFF 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches SNIFF in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing SNIFF:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for SNIFF; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
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