5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FEMUR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/

Noun

A thighbone.

Noun

The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.

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 FEMUR performs as a guess

FEMUR 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,913 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__U_ F in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SLANE TRAIN SONLY COAST SHALT
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEMUR 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,913 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEMUR ranks #6,913 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
15
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S P E R M
F E M U R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FEMUR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
336
230
149
142
108
95
69
60
56
49
47
34
32
31
23
22
21
21
20
19
17
14
13
12
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEMUR:

20% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
TALON 5.93 bits
14.2% →
SLANE 5.59 bits
9.8% →
TRAIN 5.23 bits
6.3% →
SONLY 4.82 bits
6.0% →
COAST 4.80 bits
4.6% →
SHALT 4.64 bits
4.0% →
COAST 3.65 bits
2.9% →
SOILY 4.84 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 4.48 bits
2.4% →
SLATY 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1M3U1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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