5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FICUS

FICUS is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪkəs/

Noun

Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 FICUS performs as a guess

FICUS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.2% of games, misses completely in 27.8%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,671 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__U_ F in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER STARE TRINE PORTE CRATE RONTE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FICUS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,671 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FICUS ranks #8,671 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
17
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:
ISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
19%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F I C U S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FICUS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

656
281
193
164
161
123
81
76
58
46
46
44
32
30
30
27
25
19
17
17
17
16
13
12
11
10
10
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FICUS:

28% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.8% →
ALTER 6.06 bits
11.9% →
STARE 5.70 bits
8.2% →
TRINE 5.50 bits
7.0% →
PORTE 4.95 bits
6.8% →
CRATE 5.58 bits
5.2% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
3.4% →
PALET 4.69 bits
3.2% →
SLART 4.41 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 4.29 bits
2.0% →
CLONE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1C3U1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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