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

FLAKE

Yes, FLAKE was the Wordle answer on August 2, 2024 (Wordle #1140).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fleɪk/

Noun

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

“There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.”

Noun

A scale of a fish or similar animal

Verb

To break or chip off in a flake.

“The paint flaked off after only a year.”

Verb

To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

“He said he'd come and help, but he flaked.”

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: August 2, 2024 (#1140).

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

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How FLAKE performs as a guess

FLAKE 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,322 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position F__K_ F in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST DETER SATYR SIREN SILLY SHART
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAKE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,322 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAKE ranks #8,322 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
239
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
B A D G E
F L A K E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLAKE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
273
234
193
113
89
87
85
75
52
51
44
38
37
32
30
25
22
22
21
20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAKE:

18% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
10% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
HOIST 5.91 bits
11.6% →
DETER 5.40 bits
9.9% →
SATYR 4.92 bits
8.2% →
SIREN 4.64 bits
4.8% →
SILLY 4.76 bits
3.8% →
SHART 4.77 bits
3.7% →
TAPER 4.29 bits
3.6% →
TALON 4.14 bits
3.2% →
LEVEL 4.02 bits
2.2% →
SHART 3.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1K5E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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