5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FINDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /faɪndz/

Noun

plural of find

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of find

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 FINDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FINDS 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 71.7% of games, misses completely in 28.3%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,373 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STARE ROATE DROLE GRATE PALET
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FINDS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,373 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FINDS ranks #6,373 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
14
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:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
22%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

668
333
155
140
123
80
76
66
66
62
59
48
40
34
31
30
25
25
24
23
15
14
13
13
12
11
11
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FINDS:

28% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.3% →
CARLE 6.26 bits
14.1% →
STARE 5.74 bits
6.6% →
ROATE 5.38 bits
5.9% →
CARLE 5.45 bits
5.2% →
DROLE 5.38 bits
3.4% →
GRATE 4.69 bits
3.2% →
PALET 4.67 bits
2.8% →
HAOLE 4.68 bits
2.8% →
STILE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
ROATE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1N1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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