5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FIRER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A person who fires a weapon; a shooter.

Noun

A person responsible for firing staff; a person who fires another.

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 FIRER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIRER 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,277 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position FI_ER F in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

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SAULT SLATE SLANT COAST TRACE SALTY
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIRER 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,277 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIRER ranks #10,277 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
312
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
33%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
352
186
170
133
107
94
88
84
63
60
35
32
29
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27
20
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIRER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SAULT 5.89 bits
14.9% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
7.9% →
SLANT 5.57 bits
7.2% →
COAST 5.25 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 4.94 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.61 bits
4.0% →
SALTY 4.23 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.53 bits
3.6% →
COAST 3.56 bits
2.7% →
PRINT 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1R1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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