5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FERMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ferm

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 FERMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FERMS 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,499 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE SLANT CADET TRAIN THALE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FERMS 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
0.68 Volatility
#6,499 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FERMS ranks #6,499 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
265
209
198
193
136
91
74
55
53
48
42
42
38
25
25
21
20
20
19
18
18
17
15
15
14
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FERMS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
TONAL 5.89 bits
11.2% →
ANILE 5.53 bits
8.9% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
8.4% →
CADET 4.52 bits
8.2% →
TRAIN 5.29 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.56 bits
3.1% →
MODAL 4.61 bits
2.3% →
COALY 4.50 bits
2.2% →
SAUNT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1R1M3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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