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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SNIPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /snɪps/

Noun

plural of snip

Noun

shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of snip

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 SNIPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SNIPS 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 66.5% of games, misses completely in 33.5%, and leaves about 336 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,157 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE LATER CARTE CARLE CAGEY TARGE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
336 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNIPS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,157 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNIPS ranks #9,157 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
31%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

791
227
191
158
113
108
103
65
49
45
38
35
35
34
27
26
23
21
18
18
18
17
16
14
12
11
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNIPS:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
LATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.5% →
ROATE 6.13 bits
9.6% →
ROATE 5.44 bits
8.1% →
LATER 5.23 bits
6.7% →
CARTE 5.32 bits
4.8% →
ROATE 5.36 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 5.09 bits
4.4% →
CARLE 5.42 bits
2.8% →
CAGEY 4.11 bits
2.1% →
TARGE 4.11 bits
1.9% →
CARET 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1I1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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