5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SNOWY

SNOWY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

Open Solver with SNOWY Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊi//ˈsnoʊi/

Adjective

Marked by snow; characterized by snow.

“snowy day”

Adjective

Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed.

“snowy hillside”

Noun

Synonym of snowy owl.

Noun

Synonym of snowy egret.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SNOWY performs as a guess

SNOWY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.7% of games, misses completely in 27.3%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,563 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _N__Y N in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CATER PLATE PARLE TRACE CRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNOWY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,563 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNOWY ranks #6,563 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
12
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
39%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
S H O W N
S N O W Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SNOWY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

643
198
186
170
163
122
96
78
52
45
44
44
37
34
33
31
27
23
20
20
19
19
13
13
12
12
11
11
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNOWY:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CATER
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.3% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
8.4% →
CATER 5.51 bits
7.9% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
7.2% →
PLATE 5.45 bits
6.9% →
PARLE 4.91 bits
5.2% →
TRACE 5.26 bits
4.1% →
CRATE 4.55 bits
3.3% →
RONTE 4.43 bits
2.2% →
WRITE 5.00 bits
1.9% →
IRATE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1O1W4Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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