5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FAIRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛəɹi//ˈfeːɹiː//ˈfeːɹi/

Noun

A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although typically depicted as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.

Noun

A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

Adjective

Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.

Alternative forms: faery, faëry, faerie, faërie

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 FAIRY performs as a guess

FAIRY 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,606 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

F___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE TOUSE CONTE SOLDE CRONE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAIRY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,606 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAIRY ranks #5,606 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
219
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
44%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
A H E A D
F A I R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FAIRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
261
244
149
117
117
116
115
60
57
53
49
48
45
39
38
28
27
24
22
20
19
19
16
13
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAIRY:

15% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
STOLE 5.94 bits
11.1% →
SLATE 5.77 bits
10.3% →
TOUSE 5.47 bits
6.3% →
CONTE 5.28 bits
5.0% →
SOLDE 4.79 bits
5.0% →
STOLE 5.04 bits
4.9% →
CRONE 4.45 bits
4.9% →
CLOTE 4.72 bits
2.5% →
RINSE 4.27 bits
2.4% →
CLOTE 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1I1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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