5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SNOOK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /snuːk/

Noun

A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.

Noun

Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.

Verb

To fish for snook.

Verb

To sniff out.

Alternative forms: snoek

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 SNOOK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SNOOK 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 65.0% of games, misses completely in 35.0%, and leaves about 361 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,494 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _N__K N in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE RAINE TALER PLATE TARSE TRIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
361 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNOOK 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,494 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNOOK ranks #11,494 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
300
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
2 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
33%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

825
220
194
186
160
70
67
51
44
43
39
37
33
32
31
20
20
20
19
15
14
14
13
10
9
9
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNOOK:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.0% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
9.3% →
RAINE 5.35 bits
8.2% →
TALER 4.92 bits
7.9% →
PLATE 5.50 bits
6.8% →
TARSE 5.38 bits
3.0% →
PLATE 4.70 bits
2.8% →
TRIDE 4.17 bits
2.2% →
MARLE 4.29 bits
1.9% →
WAITE 4.44 bits
1.8% →
IRATE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1O1O1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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