5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FALSY

FALSY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Evaluating to false in a Boolean context.

Alternative forms: falsey

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 FALSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FALSY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,882 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONER GOIER TIARE DRONE PEART
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FALSY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,882 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FALSY ranks #3,882 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

524
229
187
164
124
124
121
80
71
45
42
39
34
34
32
29
27
24
23
22
22
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12
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FALSY:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
TRONE 6.22 bits
9.7% →
TRONE 5.59 bits
7.9% →
TONER 5.22 bits
7.0% →
GOIER 4.98 bits
5.3% →
TIARE 4.63 bits
5.3% →
TONER 4.98 bits
5.1% →
DRONE 4.83 bits
3.4% →
PEART 4.72 bits
3.0% →
RUOTE 5.00 bits
1.9% →
SPIEL 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1L1S1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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