5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FEDEX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of FedEx.

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 FEDEX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEDEX 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 59.2% of games, misses completely in 40.8%, and leaves about 491 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,071 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__X E in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SLART SOLAR DRAIN ARISE STEER
Words starting with F Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.33 Entropy (bits)
491 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEDEX 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,071 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEDEX ranks #14,071 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
594
4 guesses
1,298
5 guesses
408
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
29%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

962
388
166
152
108
77
54
43
39
35
34
30
29
25
22
21
18
12
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11
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7
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEDEX:

41% chance
Suggested:
COAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.8% →
COAST 5.86 bits
16.5% →
SLART 5.57 bits
7.0% →
SOLAR 4.55 bits
6.4% →
DRAIN 5.12 bits
4.6% →
SLART 4.90 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.79 bits
2.3% →
ARISE 4.50 bits
1.8% →
STEER 4.11 bits
1.7% →
STIFF 4.46 bits
1.5% →
SARGE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1D2E1X8
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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