5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flam

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 FLAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLAMS 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,809 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE RUOTE TONER LIBEL DRICE TALER
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAMS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,809 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAMS ranks #4,809 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

554
257
248
169
108
108
81
74
66
53
51
47
40
31
29
28
25
23
23
21
21
20
20
16
15
13
13
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAMS:

23% 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.

23.5% →
TRONE 6.19 bits
10.9% →
RUOTE 5.51 bits
10.5% →
TONER 5.47 bits
7.2% →
LIBEL 4.99 bits
4.6% →
DRICE 4.98 bits
4.6% →
TALER 4.58 bits
3.4% →
TONER 5.26 bits
3.1% →
SATER 4.70 bits
2.8% →
STURE 4.11 bits
2.2% →
CARNE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1M3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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