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

CASE is a conditional expression used for defining different outcomes based on conditions, not for filtering rows.

FROM specifies the table(s) from which to retrieve data, not for filtering records based on values.

The `WHERE` keyword in a `SELECT` SQL query is specifically designed to apply a filtering condition to the rows of a table. Only rows where the `WHERE` clause condition evaluates to true are included in the result set, thereby restricting the returned records based on specific criteria.

IF is a conditional function available in some SQL dialects, but WHERE is the standard clause for filtering rows in a SELECT statement.