5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FETUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfiːtəs/

Noun

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

Noun

A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.

“The sequence is: molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses.”

Alternative forms: foetus, fœtus, faetus, fætus

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 FETUS performs as a guess

FETUS 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,527 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__U_ F in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ARIEL SNARL TRAIN CLARY PAIRE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FETUS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,527 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FETUS ranks #7,527 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
20
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:
ESTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
23%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FETUS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

442
349
149
127
126
124
120
91
85
53
51
49
47
43
36
31
26
25
22
20
20
20
17
14
14
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FETUS:

19% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
6% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
14.8% →
ARIEL 5.16 bits
6.3% →
SNARL 4.91 bits
5.4% →
TRAIN 5.28 bits
5.3% →
CLARY 4.91 bits
5.3% →
PAIRE 4.93 bits
5.1% →
CURLY 4.67 bits
3.9% →
TREAT 4.73 bits
3.6% →
STAIR 4.53 bits
2.2% →
STALE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1T1U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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