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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FEEZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 72.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fiːz/

Noun

A state of worry or alarm.

Noun

A rush, impetus, or a violent impact; also, a rub.

Verb

To drive off or away; to make (someone) run, put to flight; to frighten away; compare faze.

Verb

To beat; to chastise.

Alternative forms: fease, feaze, feese, pheese

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 FEEZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEEZE 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 51.4% of games, misses completely in 48.6%, and leaves about 644 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,786 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.05 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 5th position F__Z_ F in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLART STIFF SARGE LATER
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

2.83 Entropy (bits)
644 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.7% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEEZE 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.

4.05 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,786 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEEZE ranks #14,786 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
20
3 guesses
500
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
573
6 guesses
39
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
38%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

41 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1145
321
243
146
97
80
43
43
33
23
20
16
15
14
13
12
10
9
9
8
8
7
7
5
3
3
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEEZE:

49% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
14% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.6% →
ROAST 5.82 bits
13.6% →
ROAST 5.05 bits
10.3% →
SOLAR 4.72 bits
6.2% →
SLART 4.81 bits
4.1% →
SLART 5.10 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.78 bits
1.8% →
SLART 3.89 bits
1.8% →
STIFF 4.48 bits
1.4% →
SARGE 3.54 bits
1.0% →
LATER 3.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1E1Z10E1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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