5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FEUDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of feud

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 FEUDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEUDS 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,904 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ALTER SLANT SLART LEARE CURLY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEUDS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,904 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEUDS ranks #7,904 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
373
224
166
127
111
99
74
52
49
45
37
36
34
29
25
25
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20
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEUDS:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
CAROL 6.05 bits
15.8% →
ALTER 5.31 bits
9.5% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
7.0% →
SLART 4.87 bits
5.4% →
LEARE 4.67 bits
4.7% →
CURLY 4.50 bits
4.2% →
DRAIN 5.20 bits
3.1% →
AIDER 4.75 bits
2.2% →
COURT 4.14 bits
2.1% →
ROANY 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1U1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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