5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FERES

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fere

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 FERES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FERES 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,096 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL SLANT TRAIN ANILE TOILE COATE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FERES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,096 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FERES ranks #8,096 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

524
239
224
201
116
99
93
76
75
67
58
44
41
27
22
21
21
21
20
18
17
15
15
13
13
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FERES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
TONAL 5.81 bits
10.1% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
9.5% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
8.5% →
ANILE 5.42 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 4.73 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 3.51 bits
3.9% →
COATE 4.41 bits
3.2% →
LADEN 4.40 bits
3.2% →
DEALT 4.46 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1R1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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