5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FELLA

FELLA is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɛ.lə/

Noun

Pronunciation spelling of fellow.

“Am I right, fellas?”

Noun

Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.

Alternative forms: fellah, feller

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 FELLA performs as a guess

FELLA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,515 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___A F in the 1st position and A in the 5th position F__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST TRONE TRAIN TARSE RONTE CLOUT
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FELLA 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,515 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FELLA ranks #11,515 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
723
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
18
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
B E E C H
F E L L A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FELLA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
379
321
186
112
92
88
71
51
41
37
33
32
23
21
21
19
19
18
17
17
17
16
16
13
13
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FELLA:

20% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
HOIST 5.90 bits
16.1% →
TRONE 5.36 bits
13.6% →
TRAIN 5.26 bits
7.9% →
TARSE 4.82 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.57 bits
3.9% →
CLOUT 4.51 bits
3.7% →
SONAR 4.25 bits
3.0% →
SOREE 4.24 bits
2.2% →
TARGE 3.79 bits
1.7% →
REACT 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1L1L1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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