5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FISTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Involving the fists; pugilistic.

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 FISTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FISTY 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,224 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE PHARE CARET CRANE DROLE REAST
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FISTY 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
0.68 Volatility
#6,224 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FISTY ranks #6,224 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
12
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:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
31%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

604
240
212
191
170
105
78
73
58
50
45
32
31
31
27
22
18
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FISTY:

26% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
PHARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
CARLE 6.18 bits
10.2% →
PHARE 5.57 bits
9.0% →
CARET 5.47 bits
8.1% →
CRANE 5.56 bits
7.2% →
DROLE 5.02 bits
4.5% →
REAST 4.73 bits
3.3% →
RANCE 4.76 bits
3.1% →
CRANE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
PLANE 4.50 bits
2.1% →
GRADE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1S1T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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