5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FIDGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To fidget; jostle or shake.

Noun

A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.

Alternative forms: fitch

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 FIDGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIDGE 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,937 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__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLART SLANT ROUND SALTY
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIDGE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,937 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIDGE ranks #6,937 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
33%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
360
213
188
86
71
70
63
62
44
34
34
32
31
28
25
25
23
21
19
19
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16
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15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIDGE:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
ROAST 6.04 bits
15.3% →
SOLAR 5.25 bits
9.0% →
SLART 5.35 bits
8.0% →
SLANT 5.46 bits
3.6% →
ROUND 4.86 bits
3.0% →
SALTY 4.32 bits
3.0% →
SAURY 4.87 bits
2.7% →
TREAD 4.60 bits
2.6% →
SLART 3.87 bits
1.9% →
SONAR 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1D2G2E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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