5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FIVER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪvɚ/

Noun

A banknote with a value of five units of currency.

“Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow.”

Noun

The value in money that this represents.

“I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver.”

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 FIVER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIVER 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,634 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIVER 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,634 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIVER ranks #9,634 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
304
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
321
238
175
155
91
88
81
79
69
32
32
30
30
29
28
20
20
19
16
15
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIVER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SAULT 5.87 bits
13.6% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
10.1% →
COAST 5.50 bits
7.4% →
SLANT 5.58 bits
6.6% →
CRARE 4.66 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
3.7% →
COAST 3.57 bits
3.4% →
SALTY 4.09 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.54 bits
2.9% →
PRINT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1V4E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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