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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FIQHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fiqh

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 FIQHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIQHS 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 62.0% of games, misses completely in 38.0%, and leaves about 448 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,618 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__H_ F in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE CRANE COATE DROLE REAST PLANE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
448 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIQHS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,618 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIQHS ranks #13,618 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
623
4 guesses
1,333
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
20
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
16%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

896
337
258
180
121
85
85
77
33
31
30
24
20
18
17
14
13
12
11
9
8
8
5
5
5
5
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIQHS:

38% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
14% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.0% →
ROATE 5.99 bits
14.3% →
ROATE 5.64 bits
10.9% →
CRANE 5.46 bits
7.6% →
COATE 5.60 bits
5.1% →
DROLE 4.67 bits
3.6% →
REAST 4.70 bits
3.6% →
PLANE 4.70 bits
3.3% →
ALURE 5.05 bits
1.4% →
REACT 4.31 bits
1.3% →
ORATE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1Q10H4S1
Total: 20 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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