Which of the following words is used to restrict the records that are returned from a SELECT query based on supplied criteria for the values in the records?

The `LIMIT` clause restricts the number of rows returned, not based on criteria for values but by an absolute count.

The `FROM` clause specifies the table or tables from which to retrieve data, not for filtering records based on values.

The `WHERE` clause is a fundamental part of the SQL `SELECT` statement, allowing users to specify criteria that individual rows must satisfy to be included in the result set. This provides precise control over which records are retrieved from the database.

`IF` is a conditional statement often used in programming languages or within SQL functions/stored procedures, but it is not a standard clause for filtering `SELECT` query results directly.