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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FIEND

Yes, FIEND was the Wordle answer on July 14, 2023 (Wordle #755).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfiːnd/[ˈfɪi̯nd]/fɛnd/

Noun

A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.

Noun

A very evil person.

Verb

To yearn; to be desperate.

Alternative forms: fend

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 14, 2023 (#755).

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

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How FIEND performs as a guess

FIEND is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,401 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TARSE SLART SALON RANEE SALTY
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIEND 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,401 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIEND ranks #4,401 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FIEND in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
426
137
100
99
88
73
71
70
62
61
46
39
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25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIEND:

21% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
ROAST 6.04 bits
18.1% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
5.8% →
SLART 5.38 bits
4.2% →
SALON 5.00 bits
4.2% →
SLART 5.28 bits
3.7% →
RANEE 4.72 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.47 bits
3.0% →
SALTY 4.44 bits
3.0% →
DEARE 4.72 bits
2.6% →
MODAL 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1E1N1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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