5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

FLAIR

Yes, FLAIR was the Wordle answer on April 18, 2022 (Wordle #303).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flɛə//flɛː//flɛɚ̯/

Noun

A natural or innate talent or aptitude.

“to have a flair for art”

Noun

Distinctive style or elegance.

“to dress with flair”

Verb

To add flair.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 18, 2022 (#303).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FLAIR performs as a guess

FLAIR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,252 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

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STONE SCOTE CONTE SIENT SOWLE SALLE
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAIR 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,252 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAIR ranks #2,252 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,119
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
17
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:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
F L A I R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLAIR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

323
225
191
182
116
99
93
86
84
73
73
54
54
47
47
32
30
28
26
25
22
22
21
19
19
15
15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAIR:

14% chance
Suggested:
STONE
10% chance
Suggested:
SCOTE
8% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
STONE 5.95 bits
9.5% →
SCOTE 5.52 bits
8.1% →
CONTE 5.27 bits
7.7% →
SIENT 5.41 bits
4.9% →
SOWLE 4.86 bits
4.2% →
SALLE 4.62 bits
3.9% →
SHUTE 4.93 bits
3.6% →
TARRE 4.34 bits
3.6% →
SCOTE 4.28 bits
3.1% →
TOUSE 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1I1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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