5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FEIST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

Open Solver with FEIST Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /faɪst/

Noun

A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.

Noun

Feisty behavior.

Alternative forms: fist, fice

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 FEIST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEIST 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,942 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LAREE NADIR COALY CLARY NORTH
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEIST 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,942 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEIST ranks #1,942 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
305
123
121
118
99
77
71
70
60
46
45
45
44
44
40
36
36
34
28
27
27
21
20
19
18
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEIST:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
5% chance
Suggested:
NADIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
CAROL 5.91 bits
12.9% →
LAREE 5.26 bits
5.2% →
NADIR 4.94 bits
5.1% →
COALY 4.94 bits
5.0% →
CLARY 4.95 bits
4.2% →
NORTH 4.92 bits
3.3% →
PARLE 4.73 bits
3.0% →
TARTE 4.73 bits
3.0% →
CLARY 4.55 bits
2.5% →
DINER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1I1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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