5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FIRED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ̯əd//ˈfaɪ̯ɚd//ˈfaɪ̯ɹ̩d/

Adjective

dismissed, terminated from employment.

Adjective

Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.

Verb

simple past and past participle of fire

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 FIRED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIRED 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,436 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position FI_ED F in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SLANT PEART ROAST
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIRED 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,436 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIRED ranks #2,436 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
291
167
159
123
99
88
72
70
68
56
54
53
37
30
25
24
23
21
20
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16
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIRED:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
SAULT 5.91 bits
12.3% →
SLATE 5.82 bits
7.1% →
COAST 5.48 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.66 bits
5.2% →
PEART 4.79 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 3.53 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.54 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.32 bits
3.0% →
SAUCY 4.60 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1R1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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