5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FILMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlmi/

Adjective

Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.

Adjective

Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy.

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 FILMY performs as a guess

FILMY 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 68.1% of games, misses completely in 31.9%, and leaves about 324 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,523 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE TRONE SARED SATER RONTE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
324 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FILMY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,523 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FILMY ranks #7,523 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
32%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FILMY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

752
271
233
173
111
96
79
44
36
34
31
30
29
28
27
27
24
24
23
21
20
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14
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10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FILMY:

32% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.9% →
TARSE 6.40 bits
11.5% →
SOARE 5.30 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.62 bits
7.3% →
SARED 5.10 bits
4.7% →
SATER 5.48 bits
4.1% →
RONTE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
STALE 4.29 bits
1.9% →
SABRE 4.56 bits
1.5% →
DROLE 3.84 bits
1.4% →
TRADE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1L1M3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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