5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SNIRT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /snɜː(ɹ)t/

Verb

To give a suppressed laugh or sharp intake of breath.

Noun

A suppressed laugh; a sharp intake of breath.

Noun

Snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed.

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.

Why this solver ranks SNIRT highly

This solver ranks SNIRT highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #99 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.52 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _N__T N in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

HAOLE CEDAR LATTE FIELD PLACE TARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.34 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNIRT 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.

3.52 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#6 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNIRT ranks #6 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
1,139
4 guesses
1,004
5 guesses
133
6 guesses
9
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:
INRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

341
264
135
105
92
92
83
69
59
58
52
49
48
48
43
37
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNIRT:

14% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
CEDAR
6% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
HAOLE 5.84 bits
11.2% →
CEDAR 5.11 bits
5.7% →
HAOLE 5.26 bits
4.5% →
LATTE 5.29 bits
3.9% →
FIELD 4.70 bits
3.9% →
PLACE 5.19 bits
3.5% →
HAOLE 5.03 bits
2.9% →
TARTE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
GRADE 4.35 bits
2.5% →
HAOLE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1I1R1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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