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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FETID

Yes, FETID was the Wordle answer on October 27, 2025 (Wordle #1591).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛtɪd/

Adjective

Foul-smelling, stinking.

“I caught the fetid odor of dirty socks.”

Adjective

Unpleasant.

Noun

The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.

Alternative forms: foetid, fœtid

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 27, 2025 (#1591).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FETID performs as a guess

FETID 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,750 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SOLAR ROAST SONLY SLART CARLE
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FETID 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,750 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FETID ranks #5,750 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
209
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:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
F E T I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FETID in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

448
350
179
148
125
108
99
65
62
54
52
38
37
35
34
29
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21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FETID:

19% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
CAROL 6.01 bits
14.8% →
SOLAR 5.45 bits
7.6% →
ROAST 5.48 bits
6.3% →
SONLY 4.84 bits
5.3% →
SLART 5.02 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 4.59 bits
4.2% →
RINSE 4.77 bits
2.8% →
SHALT 4.40 bits
2.6% →
DOWDY 4.39 bits
2.3% →
CANER 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1T1I1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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