5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FENCE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɛns/[fɛns][fɛnts]

Noun

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

Noun

Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

Verb

To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

Verb

To defend or guard.

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 FENCE performs as a guess

FENCE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.7% of games, misses completely in 27.3%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,041 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___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position F__C_ F in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SOLAR CORAL SHALT ARIEL
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FENCE 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
#7,041 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FENCE ranks #7,041 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
12

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
39%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
F E T C H
F E N C E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FENCE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

644
224
212
197
136
91
72
62
56
55
42
39
35
32
30
29
28
25
24
22
17
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12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FENCE:

27% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.3% →
ROAST 6.02 bits
9.5% →
SLART 5.19 bits
9.0% →
SOLAR 5.10 bits
8.4% →
ROAST 5.33 bits
5.8% →
CORAL 5.35 bits
3.9% →
SLART 5.02 bits
3.1% →
SHALT 4.35 bits
2.6% →
ARIEL 4.31 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.80 bits
2.3% →
SALTY 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1N1C3E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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