Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

FETTS

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

No dictionary definition for FETTS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use FETTS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How FETTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FETTS 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #10,885 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe FETTS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.08 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How FETTS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#10,885 Rank among openers
Opening with FETTS left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.78 average. It ranks #10,885 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
726
4 guesses
1,287
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
25%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

FETTS can come back 75 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

581 answers
414 answers
207 answers
148 answers
141 answers
139 answers
85 answers
80 answers
52 answers
45 answers
38 answers
34 answers
29 answers
25 answers
25 answers
24 answers
23 answers
23 answers
20 answers
19 answers
15 answers
13 answers
13 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1T1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing FETTS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to FETTS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FETTS:

24% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
CAROL 5.94 bits
17.4% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
8.7% →
SLAIN 4.99 bits
6.2% →
PAIRE 4.88 bits
5.9% →
TRAIN 5.24 bits
5.8% →
CARLE 4.60 bits
3.6% →
ARENE 4.71 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 4.49 bits
2.2% →
ROANY 4.75 bits
1.9% →
LAREE 3.91 bits

Research on FETTS

Game-tree analysis and word research for FETTS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with FETTS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.82 guesses and ranks #11,667 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.96 guesses at best and is rank #5,490 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.78, at or below the proven-optimal 3.82, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).