5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FELTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛlti/

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or similar to felt.

Noun

The fieldfare.

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 FELTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FELTY 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,593 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SONAR CAIRN ROAST SNAIL ALIEN SAREE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FELTY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,593 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FELTY ranks #7,593 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
19
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:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
373
212
168
147
134
122
81
42
37
36
35
32
30
29
28
27
24
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FELTY:

16% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
16% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SONAR 5.55 bits
15.8% →
CAIRN 6.08 bits
9.0% →
ROAST 5.44 bits
7.1% →
SNAIL 5.10 bits
6.2% →
SONAR 4.57 bits
5.7% →
ALIEN 4.49 bits
5.2% →
SAREE 4.90 bits
3.4% →
RANSE 4.74 bits
1.8% →
SONAR 4.20 bits
1.6% →
AROSE 3.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1L1T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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