5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

SNUFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /snʌf//snɐf//snʊf/

Noun

Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

Noun

Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.

Verb

To inhale through the nose.

Verb

To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.

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 SNUFF performs as a guess

SNUFF 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 61.4% of games, misses completely in 38.6%, and leaves about 441 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,005 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___F S in the 1st position and F in the 5th position S__F_ S in the 1st position and F in the 4th position

Try next

ROATE ARIEL PLATE MARLE CLOTE WAITE
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
441 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
81.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SNUFF 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,005 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SNUFF ranks #13,005 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
16
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:
NSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
26%
All gray
39%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
S K U N K
S N U F F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SNUFF in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

910
294
225
159
155
89
72
55
43
37
30
27
26
20
20
20
18
17
14
14
13
12
12
9
6
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SNUFF:

39% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.6% →
ROATE 6.10 bits
12.5% →
ARIEL 5.41 bits
9.5% →
PLATE 5.52 bits
6.7% →
ROATE 5.54 bits
6.6% →
MARLE 4.76 bits
3.8% →
ARIEL 5.41 bits
3.1% →
CLOTE 5.19 bits
2.3% →
WAITE 4.47 bits
1.8% →
ARIEL 4.74 bits
1.6% →
MORSE 3.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1N1U1F4F4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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