5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FELID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfiːlɪd//ˈfilɪd/

Noun

Any member of the cat family (Felidae).

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 FELID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FELID 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,537 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TARSE PRINT COAST SAREE STRAE
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FELID 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,537 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FELID ranks #4,537 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
11
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
365
164
156
121
105
102
62
62
49
45
41
35
30
28
27
25
25
23
23
20
20
19
16
16
15
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FELID:

20% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
PRINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
ROAST 6.10 bits
15.5% →
TARSE 5.70 bits
7.0% →
PRINT 5.07 bits
6.6% →
COAST 5.22 bits
5.1% →
SAREE 4.44 bits
4.5% →
STRAE 4.84 bits
4.3% →
RINSE 4.74 bits
2.6% →
DAUNT 4.52 bits
2.6% →
COAST 5.13 bits
2.1% →
STILL 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1L1I1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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