5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FILTH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɪlθ/

Noun

Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.

“Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen.”

Noun

Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.

“He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites.”

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 FILTH performs as a guess

FILTH 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,394 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__H I in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

AROSE SOARE REAST CRANE SONDE SLADE
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FILTH 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,394 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FILTH ranks #4,394 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
917
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
15
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:
ILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FILTH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

600
256
230
172
110
88
74
73
58
57
56
46
40
35
25
23
23
21
20
18
18
15
15
13
13
12
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FILTH:

25% chance
Suggested:
AROSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
AROSE 6.06 bits
10.9% →
SOARE 5.33 bits
9.8% →
REAST 5.71 bits
7.3% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
4.7% →
SOARE 5.60 bits
3.7% →
SONDE 4.84 bits
3.1% →
SLADE 4.56 bits
3.1% →
CRANE 4.82 bits
2.5% →
SAMEY 4.62 bits
2.4% →
ALOSE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1L1T1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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