5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FEMIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Containing essential iron and magnesium (of rocks or minerals).

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 FEMIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEMIC 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,260 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__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLANT SLART RINSE CRATE
Words starting with F Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEMIC 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEMIC ranks #7,260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
16
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:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
23%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
427
184
153
139
132
94
81
75
49
44
41
31
27
27
26
23
21
21
20
19
15
15
11
11
11
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEMIC:

21% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
18% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
ROAST 6.06 bits
18.1% →
SOLAR 5.47 bits
7.8% →
SLANT 5.14 bits
6.5% →
ROAST 5.29 bits
5.9% →
SLART 4.98 bits
5.6% →
RINSE 4.71 bits
4.0% →
CRATE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
SORAL 4.99 bits
3.2% →
SLART 5.05 bits
2.1% →
TARSE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1M3I1C3
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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