5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FELTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of felt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of felt

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 FELTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FELTS 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,770 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY IRONE RAINY TRAIN SNARY SPAER
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FELTS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,770 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FELTS ranks #3,770 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
180
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
283
158
149
140
122
115
89
85
84
49
45
40
36
35
33
30
26
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23
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FELTS:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
12% chance
Suggested:
IRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
ROANY 5.78 bits
12.0% →
IRONE 5.12 bits
6.7% →
RAINY 4.92 bits
6.3% →
TRAIN 5.26 bits
5.9% →
SNARY 4.91 bits
5.2% →
SPAER 4.79 bits
4.9% →
AINEE 4.61 bits
3.8% →
TREAT 4.63 bits
3.6% →
RANCE 4.80 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1L1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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