5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FEYLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

In a fey way.

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 FEYLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEYLY 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 337 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,916 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN STAIR COAST ROAST RAISE REATE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
337 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEYLY 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,916 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEYLY ranks #13,916 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
622
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
370
6 guesses
34

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
33%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
536
199
193
142
123
48
46
45
41
33
30
30
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24
23
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEYLY:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
23% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
TRAIN 6.16 bits
22.7% →
STAIR 5.49 bits
8.4% →
COAST 5.21 bits
8.2% →
ROAST 4.72 bits
6.0% →
RAISE 4.45 bits
5.2% →
STAIR 4.76 bits
2.0% →
COAST 4.35 bits
1.9% →
REATE 3.75 bits
1.9% →
SAINT 4.18 bits
1.7% →
SOLAR 3.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1Y4L1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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