5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

FETAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfitl̩/

Adjective

Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.

“fetal circulation”

Adjective

In the fetal position.

Alternative forms: foetal, fœtal, fætal, phoetal

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 FETAL performs as a guess

FETAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,306 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___L F in the 1st position and L in the 5th position F__A_ F in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

IRONY IRONE CAIRN SHOUT SOILY SARGE
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FETAL 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,306 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FETAL ranks #3,306 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
F E T A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FETAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
274
210
156
118
118
91
85
74
72
67
44
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FETAL:

12% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
12% chance
Suggested:
IRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
IRONY 5.56 bits
11.6% →
IRONE 5.26 bits
8.9% →
CAIRN 5.18 bits
6.6% →
SHOUT 5.40 bits
5.0% →
SOILY 4.82 bits
5.0% →
SARGE 4.49 bits
3.9% →
SIREE 4.99 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.65 bits
3.1% →
DORSE 4.45 bits
3.1% →
SOAPY 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1T1A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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