5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FIVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /faɪvz/

Noun

plural of five

Noun

A ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.

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 FIVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIVES 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,828 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

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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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position FI_ES F in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE SLART CAIRN ALTER TRIDE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIVES 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,828 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIVES ranks #10,828 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
277
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
341
228
181
165
141
80
79
66
44
43
38
30
27
26
23
21
20
20
17
17
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14
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11
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIVES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
TALON 5.74 bits
14.5% →
LEARE 5.49 bits
9.7% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.7% →
CAIRN 5.36 bits
7.0% →
ALTER 4.38 bits
6.0% →
SLART 4.91 bits
3.4% →
TRIDE 4.26 bits
3.4% →
MINTY 3.78 bits
2.8% →
STINK 4.41 bits
1.9% →
ROANY 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1V4E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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