5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FIARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fiar

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 FIARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIARS 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,202 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE ROUET STOLE CLONE TALER TONEY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIARS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,202 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIARS ranks #5,202 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
243
217
164
134
119
99
77
74
69
67
67
53
50
47
34
31
25
24
24
23
23
22
20
15
14
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIARS:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
CLOTE 5.71 bits
10.3% →
CLOTE 5.33 bits
9.2% →
ROUET 5.15 bits
7.0% →
STOLE 5.26 bits
5.7% →
CLONE 5.28 bits
5.0% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.2% →
TONEY 4.47 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.26 bits
3.1% →
CLOTE 4.63 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1A1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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