5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SNIFT

SNIFT 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: /snɪft/

Verb

To snivel.

Verb

To cause a snift; to release pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine or bottling equipment.

Noun

A deliberate release of pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine, or bottling equipment.

Noun

A moment; a while.

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 SNIFT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SNIFT 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,024 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__F_ S in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _N__T N in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE MORAE TARTE PARLE HAOLE BRACE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNIFT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,024 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNIFT ranks #1,024 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
8
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:
INST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
35%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

591
186
168
138
127
110
78
72
61
56
52
45
40
33
32
28
27
27
27
25
22
21
21
21
18
15
15
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNIFT:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
MORAE
7% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
CARLE 6.22 bits
7.9% →
MORAE 5.40 bits
7.1% →
TARTE 5.64 bits
5.9% →
PARLE 5.40 bits
5.4% →
PARLE 5.20 bits
4.7% →
HAOLE 5.10 bits
3.3% →
CARLE 4.94 bits
3.1% →
BRACE 5.09 bits
2.6% →
FERAL 4.94 bits
2.4% →
GRACE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1I1F4T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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