5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FERNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fern

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 FERNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FERNS 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,808 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY OLATE CADET SHALT TRAIL PLATE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FERNS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,808 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FERNS ranks #4,808 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ENRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
213
189
181
165
123
109
81
78
66
60
50
46
38
34
31
28
28
25
23
21
21
20
19
19
19
16
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FERNS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
COALY 5.65 bits
9.0% →
OLATE 5.26 bits
8.0% →
CADET 4.49 bits
7.7% →
SHALT 5.36 bits
7.0% →
TRAIL 5.11 bits
5.2% →
PLATE 5.04 bits
4.6% →
TONIC 5.10 bits
3.4% →
ANILE 4.48 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
GIANT 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1R1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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