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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FEEDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of feed

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of feed

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 FEEDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEEDS 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 297 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,579 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE SLART STAIR DRAIN CLARY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
297 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEEDS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,579 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEEDS ranks #11,579 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
707
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
13
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
350
296
139
134
94
65
61
41
37
32
31
31
29
27
27
24
21
19
18
18
17
16
16
15
13
9
9
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEEDS:

28% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
CAROL 5.96 bits
14.8% →
RAILE 5.21 bits
12.6% →
SLART 5.26 bits
5.9% →
STAIR 4.62 bits
5.7% →
DRAIN 5.20 bits
4.0% →
CLARY 4.95 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.82 bits
2.6% →
RIONE 4.61 bits
1.7% →
CLEAT 4.34 bits
1.6% →
REVEL 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1E1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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