5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FIXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪksɪz/

Noun

plural of fix

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fix

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 FIXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FIXES 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,092 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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 ALTER CAIRN SALTY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIXES 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,092 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIXES ranks #13,092 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
651
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
349
6 guesses
20
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

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

524
372
232
186
186
152
94
87
66
45
45
29
28
27
25
20
20
18
17
15
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIXES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
TALON 5.75 bits
15.8% →
LEARE 5.48 bits
9.8% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.9% →
ALTER 4.35 bits
7.9% →
CAIRN 5.37 bits
6.4% →
SLART 4.94 bits
4.0% →
SALTY 3.66 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.44 bits
2.8% →
STINK 4.41 bits
1.9% →
STEER 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1X8E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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