5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FIGGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡi/

Adjective

Of or like figs.

“This cake has a figgy taste.”

Adjective

Containing figs.

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 FIGGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIGGY 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 54.0% of games, misses completely in 46.0%, and leaves about 582 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,467 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TARSE SARED RONTE TRONE URATE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.11 Entropy (bits)
582 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIGGY 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,467 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIGGY ranks #14,467 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
591
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
461
6 guesses
36
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
30%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1085
324
237
108
87
69
39
37
35
34
33
33
24
23
19
18
17
15
14
13
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIGGY:

46% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.0% →
ROATE 6.12 bits
13.7% →
TARSE 5.39 bits
10.1% →
SARED 4.98 bits
4.6% →
RONTE 4.69 bits
3.7% →
TRONE 5.21 bits
2.9% →
URATE 5.08 bits
1.7% →
PAYER 4.72 bits
1.6% →
ALURE 4.12 bits
1.5% →
SATED 3.29 bits
1.4% →
SLIER 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1G2G2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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