5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FIATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fiat

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fiat

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 FIATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIATS 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,113 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE CARLE PROLE CRONE ROUET DRONE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIATS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,113 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIATS ranks #3,113 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
11
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:
AIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

424
276
153
145
115
105
89
89
73
65
62
57
56
51
42
31
28
28
28
22
22
19
17
16
16
14
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIATS:

18% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
PROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
DROLE 5.96 bits
11.7% →
CARLE 5.39 bits
6.5% →
PROLE 5.23 bits
6.1% →
CRONE 5.39 bits
4.9% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
4.5% →
DROLE 4.74 bits
3.8% →
CARLE 4.52 bits
3.8% →
DRONE 4.56 bits
3.1% →
ROUET 4.58 bits
2.8% →
CHARE 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1A1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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