5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SNOKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.

Verb

To sneak about; to spy on; to snoop.

Alternative forms: snook, snoak, snouk, snock

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 SNOKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SNOKE 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,093 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER LAIRY MOLAR RAINY SLART
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNOKE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,093 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNOKE ranks #7,093 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
21
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:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

341
306
178
178
121
97
85
76
69
67
61
46
43
39
36
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNOKE:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
TRAIL 5.97 bits
13.0% →
ALTER 5.34 bits
7.5% →
LAIRY 4.48 bits
7.5% →
MOLAR 5.07 bits
5.1% →
RAINY 4.87 bits
4.1% →
SLART 4.56 bits
3.6% →
TRASH 4.76 bits
3.2% →
DROOL 4.29 bits
2.9% →
ARIEL 4.60 bits
2.8% →
RAINY 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1O1K5E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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