5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FIRMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of firm

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of firm

Noun

The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.

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 FIRMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIRMS 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,000 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE COATE STALE LEANT TONEY TRINE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIRMS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,000 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIRMS ranks #6,000 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
14
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:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
325
276
167
96
89
87
79
78
74
40
35
33
29
27
26
25
22
21
20
14
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIRMS:

22% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
COATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
ALONE 6.07 bits
13.8% →
COATE 5.47 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.72 bits
7.1% →
LEANT 5.44 bits
4.1% →
TONEY 4.55 bits
3.8% →
ALONE 5.08 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.60 bits
3.4% →
SPATE 5.03 bits
3.3% →
POTAE 4.73 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1R1M3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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