5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FERMI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)mi//ˈfɛə(ɹ)mi/

Noun

An obsolete name of the unit of length equal to one femtometre (10⁻¹⁵ m).

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 FERMI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FERMI 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,555 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 5th position F__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLANT COAST STILE SHALT TRAIN
Words starting with F Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FERMI 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,555 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FERMI ranks #6,555 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
24%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
299
235
189
176
105
101
75
66
60
54
50
38
33
33
31
28
20
19
19
19
16
15
14
13
13
13
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FERMI:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SAULT 5.96 bits
12.7% →
SLANT 5.75 bits
10.0% →
SLANT 5.38 bits
8.0% →
COAST 4.75 bits
7.5% →
COAST 5.38 bits
4.5% →
STILE 4.63 bits
4.3% →
SHALT 4.70 bits
3.2% →
TRAIN 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SAUCY 4.68 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1R1M3I1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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