5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FATLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

In a fat way; in the manner of a fat person.

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 FATLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FATLY 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,705 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

IRONE SIREN CRANE POIRE DORSE REAST
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FATLY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,705 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FATLY ranks #4,705 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
10
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:
ALT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

498
246
237
165
128
104
100
97
43
42
39
38
36
34
33
29
24
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FATLY:

21% chance
Suggested:
IRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
10% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
IRONE 6.09 bits
10.4% →
SIREN 5.62 bits
10.1% →
CRANE 5.46 bits
7.0% →
POIRE 5.05 bits
5.4% →
DORSE 4.74 bits
4.4% →
CRANE 4.60 bits
4.2% →
REAST 4.99 bits
4.1% →
MORNE 4.95 bits
1.8% →
SIREN 4.15 bits
1.8% →
SOUCE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1T1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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