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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FINIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪs//fiːˈniː/

Noun

Of a book or other work: the end.

Noun

plural of fini

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 FINIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FINIS 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 385 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,995 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRATE PORTE CAGEY CARTE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
385 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FINIS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,995 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FINIS ranks #11,995 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
25%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

831
354
192
116
97
76
73
67
66
64
58
34
27
27
24
23
19
16
14
13
12
11
10
9
9
9
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FINIS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
ROATE 6.13 bits
15.0% →
STARE 5.72 bits
8.1% →
ROATE 5.32 bits
4.9% →
CRATE 5.05 bits
4.1% →
PORTE 4.61 bits
3.2% →
CAGEY 4.66 bits
3.1% →
CARTE 5.11 bits
2.8% →
GRATE 4.56 bits
2.8% →
ROATE 4.60 bits
2.7% →
ALURE 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1N1I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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