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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FIRNI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of phirni (“Asian sweet rice pudding”).

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 FIRNI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIRNI 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 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,079 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___I F in the 1st position and I in the 5th position F__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE COATE CANOE STALE CASTE LEAST
Words starting with F Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIRNI 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,079 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIRNI ranks #10,079 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
18
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:
INR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
27%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

707
388
170
168
117
83
83
82
56
55
44
42
35
30
27
22
21
15
15
13
13
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIRNI:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
COATE
7% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
SLATE 6.42 bits
16.5% →
COATE 5.46 bits
7.2% →
CANOE 5.24 bits
7.1% →
STALE 5.47 bits
5.0% →
CASTE 4.98 bits
3.5% →
LEAST 4.86 bits
3.5% →
STOLE 4.55 bits
3.5% →
PRATE 4.68 bits
2.4% →
COATE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
SAWER 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1R1N1I1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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