5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FICHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fiːʃ/

Noun

a microfiche

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 FICHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FICHE 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,749 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position F__H_ F in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER ROAST SLANT SALTY COAST
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FICHE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,749 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FICHE ranks #6,749 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
354
210
179
108
103
82
66
58
50
47
45
45
43
42
35
31
21
21
20
19
17
17
16
15
14
12
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FICHE:

21% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
TALON 5.86 bits
15.0% →
ALTER 5.38 bits
8.9% →
ROAST 5.15 bits
7.6% →
SLANT 5.52 bits
4.6% →
ROAST 5.25 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 5.13 bits
3.5% →
SALTY 4.35 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.30 bits
2.5% →
COAST 4.14 bits
2.1% →
CAIRN 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1C3H4E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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