5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FINES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /faɪnz/

Noun

plural of fine

Noun

Fine particles, whether or not airborne.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fine

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 FINES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FINES 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,367 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position FI_ES F in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FINES 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,367 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FINES ranks #5,367 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

383
300
185
148
133
119
99
72
67
66
60
48
45
42
36
33
31
25
22
21
21
20
19
19
19
19
18
18
16
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FINES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
13% chance
Suggested:
REATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
CORAL 5.88 bits
12.7% →
REATE 5.57 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.35 bits
6.3% →
ALTER 4.32 bits
5.6% →
SLART 4.99 bits
5.0% →
TRAIL 5.23 bits
4.2% →
GRANT 4.97 bits
3.1% →
DIRTY 3.87 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.20 bits
2.8% →
TRADE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1N1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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