5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FEARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɪəz//fɪɹz/

Noun

plural of fear

“All our fears have come to pass: we are doomed but have nothing left to fear.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fear

“He fears the dark, so he invented a longer-lasting light bulb.”

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 FEARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEARS 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,522 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE TALON TRODE SPILT DROIT
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEARS 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
0.71 Volatility
#4,522 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEARS ranks #4,522 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
17
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
187
185
148
139
125
100
96
76
68
53
52
48
42
42
35
33
29
28
26
26
24
24
21
20
18
17
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEARS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
COUNT 5.66 bits
7.9% →
TOILE 5.45 bits
7.8% →
TALON 5.18 bits
6.3% →
TRODE 4.37 bits
5.9% →
SPILT 4.97 bits
5.3% →
DROIT 4.64 bits
4.2% →
LANCE 4.54 bits
4.1% →
STILE 4.60 bits
3.2% →
CAROL 4.59 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1A1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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