5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FEELS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fiːlz/

Noun

Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.

“hit me right in the feels”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of feel

Adjective

Synonym of emotional.

Noun

plural of feel, sensory perceptions that mainly or solely involve the sense of touch

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 FEELS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEELS 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,505 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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

TRAIN ROATE STAIR CAROL RAINE ROANY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEELS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,505 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEELS ranks #9,505 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
773
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
266
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
29%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

571
311
242
174
124
92
92
70
51
38
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30
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEELS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
13.2% →
ROATE 5.21 bits
10.3% →
STAIR 5.28 bits
7.4% →
CAROL 4.92 bits
5.3% →
STAIR 4.58 bits
3.9% →
RAINE 4.45 bits
3.9% →
ROANY 4.64 bits
3.0% →
IDYLL 4.13 bits
2.2% →
SALON 4.20 bits
1.6% →
ROANY 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1E1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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