5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLABS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of flab

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 FLABS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLABS 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,430 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__B_ F in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE RUOTE TONER ROULE PARTE TRICE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLABS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,430 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLABS ranks #5,430 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
7
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

576
270
261
162
108
103
78
75
73
48
43
42
38
28
28
25
25
23
21
21
20
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15
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLABS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
RUOTE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
TRONE 6.13 bits
11.5% →
RUOTE 5.49 bits
11.1% →
TONER 5.42 bits
6.9% →
ROULE 4.83 bits
4.6% →
PARTE 4.60 bits
4.4% →
TRICE 5.21 bits
3.3% →
SATER 4.72 bits
3.2% →
TRONE 5.26 bits
3.1% →
TRIPE 4.12 bits
2.0% →
TONER 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1B3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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