5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FEALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of feal

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of feal

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 FEALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEALS 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,590 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRODE CARAT SHORT SPIRE TARGE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEALS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,590 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEALS ranks #3,590 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
33%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

318
260
192
146
113
103
85
81
66
64
61
48
48
47
44
33
33
27
27
26
25
25
25
24
22
20
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEALS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
11.0% →
TRODE 5.28 bits
8.1% →
CARAT 4.99 bits
6.2% →
SHORT 5.21 bits
4.8% →
SPIRE 4.82 bits
4.4% →
TARGE 4.55 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.55 bits
3.4% →
LOGIC 4.60 bits
2.8% →
CAROL 4.27 bits
2.7% →
NOIRE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1A1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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