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FISHY

Yes, FISHY was the Wordle answer on January 29, 2023 (Wordle #589).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃi/

Adjective

Of, from, or similar to fish.

“What is that fishy odor?”

Adjective

Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

“I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.”

Noun

Diminutive of fish.

Alternative forms: fishie

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 29, 2023 (#589).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FISHY performs as a guess

FISHY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,293 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__H_ F in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER PEART CRANE MARLE COATE RONTE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FISHY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,293 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FISHY ranks #10,293 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
265
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
29%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F I S H Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FISHY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

702
273
242
186
152
92
82
78
60
35
31
28
28
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FISHY:

30% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
12% chance
Suggested:
PEART
10% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
ALTER 6.10 bits
11.6% →
PEART 5.68 bits
10.3% →
CRANE 5.47 bits
7.9% →
MARLE 4.91 bits
6.4% →
COATE 5.68 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
3.5% →
STRAE 4.81 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 4.58 bits
2.5% →
URATE 4.96 bits
1.5% →
SOLAR 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1S1H4Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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