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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

FLAME

Yes, FLAME was the Wordle answer on March 4, 2024 (Wordle #989).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fleɪm/

Noun

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

Noun

A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.

Adjective

Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.

Verb

To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.

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: March 4, 2024 (#989).

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

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How FLAME performs as a guess

FLAME 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,516 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAME 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,516 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAME ranks #4,516 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
15
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)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLAME in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

390
258
197
178
112
98
84
80
69
65
58
44
40
38
34
32
32
30
23
22
21
20
20
19
19
18
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAME:

17% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SNORT 5.97 bits
10.9% →
DETER 5.34 bits
8.4% →
SATYR 4.99 bits
7.5% →
SIREN 4.67 bits
4.7% →
SILLY 4.85 bits
4.2% →
SHART 4.71 bits
3.6% →
TAPER 4.34 bits
3.4% →
TALON 4.20 bits
2.9% →
LEVEL 4.05 bits
2.8% →
HUMOR 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1M3E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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