5 FiveLetterWords

Rare five-letter words

Words that appear less than once per ten million words of English, with many too rare for the corpus to measure at all.

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All 9,025 words, below Zipf 2

Each word links to its full page. The Zipf figure is the word's corpus frequency turned into a plain rate; definitions are selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0), and long entries may be shortened. A “past Wordle answer” line means the word appears in this site's recorded answer history; its solver-pressure figure ranks that recorded puzzle against all other recorded puzzles for a reference solver, so 70/100 reads “harder than 70% of them.” CEFR chips (A1–B2) estimate when English learners typically meet a word.

  1. FAFFS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of faff Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  2. FAFFY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Time-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  3. FAIKS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  4. FAINS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of fain Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  5. FALAJ below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A qanat. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  6. FALSY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Evaluating to false in a Boolean context. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  7. FANAL below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A lighthouse Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  8. FANDS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of fand Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  9. FANGA below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 50–75 liters at different places and times. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  10. FANKS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fank Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  11. FANOS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fano Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  12. FANUM below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    The site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  13. FARCI below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  14. FARDS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fard Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  15. FARLE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  16. FARLS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of farl Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  17. FATLY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    In a fat way; in the manner of a fat person. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  18. FAUCH below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of faunch. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  19. FAULD below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  20. FAURD below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  21. FAUTS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  22. FAVAS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fava Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  23. FAVUS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A severe, chronic infection of ringworm. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  24. FAWNY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Somewhat fawn in colour. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  25. FEALS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of feal Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  26. FEARD below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of fear Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  27. FEASE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of feeze. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  28. FEAZE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of feeze. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  29. FECKS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of feck Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  30. FEDAI below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    An Ismaili Muslim assassin; also (later), a killer in the same tradition. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  31. FEEBS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of feeb Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  32. FEENS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of feen Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  33. FEERS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of feer Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  34. FEESE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of fess (“horizontal band, in heraldry”). Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  35. FEEZE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A state of worry or alarm. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  36. FEHME below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  37. FEMES below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of feme Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  38. FEMIC below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Containing essential iron and magnesium (of rocks or minerals). Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  39. FENDY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    cunning, shifty Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  40. FENIS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of feni Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  41. FENKS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  42. FENTS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fent Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  43. FEODS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of feod Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  44. FEOFF below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A fief. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  45. FERER below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  46. FERLY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  47. FERMS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of ferm Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  48. FETAS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of feta Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  49. FETOR below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    An unpleasant smell. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  50. FETTS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  51. FETWA below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Archaic spelling of fatwa. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  52. FEUAR below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    One who holds a feu. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  53. FEUED below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of feu Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  54. FEYED below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of fey Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  55. FEYLY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    In a fey way. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  56. FEZES below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fez Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  57. FEZZY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  58. FIARS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fiar Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  59. FICES below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fice Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  60. FICHU below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  61. FICIN below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of ficain. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  62. FICOS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of Fico Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  63. FICTA below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  64. FIDGE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    To fidget; jostle or shake. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  65. FIDOS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fido Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  66. FIENT below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  67. FIFED below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of fife Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  68. FIFIS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fifi Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  69. FIGOS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of figo Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  70. FIKED below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of fike Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  71. FILKS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of filk Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  72. FIQHS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fiqh Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  73. FIQUE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A natural fiber, similar to hemp, obtained from the leaves of the plant Furcraea andina and certain other plants of the genus Furcraea. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  74. FIRIE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A firefighter. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  75. FIRKS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of firk Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  76. FIRNI below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of phirni (“Asian sweet rice pudding”). Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  77. FIRNS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of firn Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  78. FIRRY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Abounding in firs. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  79. FISCS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fisc Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  80. FISHO below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A fisherman. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  81. FISKS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of fisk Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  82. FLABS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of flab Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  83. FLAFF below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  84. FLAMY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Flaming, blazing. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  85. FLANE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  86. FLARY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    flaring Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  87. FLAWN below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A flan (custard-based dessert) Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  88. FLAWY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  89. FLAXY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Like flax; flaxen. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  90. FLEAM below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  91. FLEGS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fleg Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  92. FLEME below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    To drive away, chase off; to banish. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  93. FLEWS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of flew Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  94. FLEYS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of fley Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  95. FLIMP below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    To steal; to commit petty theft. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  96. FLIRS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of FLIR Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  97. FLISK below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A comb with large teeth. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  98. FLITT below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete form of flit. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  99. FLOBS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of flob Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  100. FLONG below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A mould, especially one made from papier-mâché, used to create a stereotype. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  101. FLORS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of flor Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  102. FLOSH below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of floss (“fibres of corncob, bean plants, etc.”). Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  103. FLOTE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past of flite. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  104. FLUED below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Having a flue or flues (of a specified kind). Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  105. FLUEY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Similar to influenza, or as if suffering from influenza. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  106. FLURR below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    To scatter. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  107. FLUTY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Resembling the sound of a flute. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  108. FLUYT below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A kind of Dutch sailing vessel developed in the 16th century, used to transport cargo. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  109. FLYPE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A fold or flap, especially of the brim of a hat Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  110. FNARR below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of fnar. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  111. FOGIE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative spelling of fogey. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  112. FOGOS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fogo Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  113. FOGOU below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  114. FOHNS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fohn Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  115. FOIDS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of foid Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  116. FOINS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of foin Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  117. FONIO below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa; white fonio Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  118. FONLY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    foolishly Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  119. FOUAT below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    houseleek Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  120. FOUDS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of foud Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  121. FOUER below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  122. FOUET below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of fouat (“houseleek”). Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  123. FOWTH below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  124. FOYNE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  125. FRABS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of frab Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  126. FRACT below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    To break; to violate. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  127. FRAIM below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete form of frame. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  128. FRAPE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A crowd, a mob. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  129. FRAUS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of frau Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  130. FREET below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  131. FREIT below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A superstitious object or observance; a charm, an omen. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  132. FRIBS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of frib Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  133. FRIGS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of frig Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  134. FRITT below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of frit (“material for making glass”). Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  135. FROES below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of froe Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  136. FRORE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Extremely cold; frozen. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  137. FRORN below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Frozen; intensely cold; frosty. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  138. FRORY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Covered with a froth resembling hoar frost. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  139. FROWS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of frow Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  140. FROWY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  141. FRUGS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of frug Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  142. FRUST below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  143. FUBBY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plump or chubby Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  144. FUBSY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    short and stout; low and wide Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  145. FUFFS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of fuff Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  146. FUFFY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    The ship of characters Faith and Buffy Summers from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  147. FUGGY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Muggy; stuffy; poorly ventilated. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  148. FUGIE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A cock that will not fight. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  149. FUGIO below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Clipping of Fugio cent. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  150. FUGIS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  151. FUGLE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    To manoeuvre, jiggle or manipulate. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  152. FUGUS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  153. FUJIS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fuji Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  154. FULTH below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Fullness; abundance; plenty. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  155. FULWA below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  156. FUMER below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    One who makes or uses perfumes. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  157. FUMET below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  158. FUNGS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fung Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  159. FUNIC below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    funicular (relating to the umbilical cord) Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  160. FUNIS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A cord or a cord-like structure. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  161. FUNSY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  162. FUNTS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of funt Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  163. FURAL below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  164. FURLS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of furl Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  165. FUROL below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Synonym of furfural. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  166. FUROS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of furo Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  167. FURRS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of furr Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  168. FURZY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Covered in furze. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  169. FUSKS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  170. FUSTS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of fust Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  171. FUZEE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Archaic spelling of fusee. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  172. FUZIL below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of fusil (musket) Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  173. FYCES below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  174. FYKED below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of fyke Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  175. FYKES below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fyke Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  176. FYRDS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of fyrd Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  177. FYTTE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Obsolete form of fit (“section of a poem or ballad”). Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  178. GADGY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  179. GADID below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Any fish of the family Gadidae. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  180. GADJE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A non-Roma; a non-Romani person. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  181. GADJO below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A non-Roma, a non-Romani person. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  182. GADSO below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    by God! Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  183. GAIDS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  184. GAIRS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  185. GAITT below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  186. GAJOS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of gajo Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  187. GALED below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    simple past and past participle of gale Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  188. GALVO below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A galvanometer. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  189. GAMAS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of Gama Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  190. GAMBE below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of gamb. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  191. GAMBS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of gamb Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  192. GAMIC below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Formed as a result of syngamy (union of gametes), sexually produced, sexual. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  193. GAMPS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    plural of gamp Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  194. GANCH below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    To drop from a high place on sharp stakes or hooks as a punishment. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  195. GANEF below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  196. GANOF below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Alternative form of ganef. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  197. GAPOS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score
  198. GASHY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Marked by gashes. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  199. GASPY below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    Resembling or characterised by gasps. Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  200. GASTS below the measurement floor; too rare for the corpus to score

    third-person singular simple present indicative of gast Source: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How these scores are measured

Frequency scores come from the wordfreq project (data CC BY-SA 4.0), which averages word rates across books, subtitles, news and web text. A Zipf score is the base-10 logarithm of a word's uses per billion words, so each whole point is a tenfold change in frequency: Zipf 4 is ten uses per million words, Zipf 3 is one. The four bands split the site's accepted-guess list of 14,855 five-letter words at Zipf 4, 3 and 2. These are round thresholds from the observed distribution, not judgments about individual words.

A score of 0.0 is a marker, not a measurement: wordfreq's corpus never saw the word often enough to score it, which is true of 5,062 words in this band. Those entries say “below the measurement floor” and sort after every measured word.

“Past Wordle answer” claims come only from this site's recorded answer history, and the working answer pool never predicts what the NYT will choose. Solver-pressure figures are percentiles among recorded puzzles for a reference solver. They describe puzzles, not players. Learner levels: The CEFR-J Wordlist Version 1.5. Compiled by Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Retrieved from http://www.cefr-j.org/download.html on 1/20/2020.