5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FIELD

Yes, FIELD was the Wordle answer on July 5, 2022 (Wordle #381).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfi(ː)ld/[ˈfɪi̯ɫd]/ˈfi(ː)ʊ̯d/

Noun

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.

“There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.”

Noun

A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.

“There were some cows grazing in a field.”

Verb

To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.

Verb

To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.

“The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 5, 2022 (#381).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FIELD performs as a guess

FIELD 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,747 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TARSE SAINT SONAR LAREE SHART
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIELD 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,747 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIELD ranks #3,747 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
8
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
A R E F Y
F I E L D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FIELD in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
383
155
151
116
87
79
71
66
62
48
46
35
34
28
25
24
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
17
16
16
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIELD:

20% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
ROAST 6.10 bits
16.2% →
TARSE 5.67 bits
6.6% →
SAINT 5.40 bits
6.4% →
SONAR 5.24 bits
4.9% →
LAREE 4.64 bits
3.7% →
SHART 5.23 bits
3.4% →
TRINE 4.55 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.32 bits
2.8% →
DEARE 4.74 bits
2.6% →
DAUNT 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1E1L1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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