5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of flan

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flan

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 FLANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLANS 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,260 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE CARTE ROUET LIBEL DINER TALER
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLANS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLANS ranks #2,260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
9
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:
ALNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
219
214
162
144
100
90
70
68
68
65
45
43
42
38
28
27
26
25
24
22
22
21
20
19
16
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16
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLANS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
TRODE 6.15 bits
9.3% →
CARTE 5.39 bits
9.1% →
ROUET 5.63 bits
6.9% →
LIBEL 4.97 bits
6.1% →
DINER 5.21 bits
4.2% →
TALER 4.57 bits
3.8% →
TRUCE 5.09 bits
3.0% →
CANOE 4.52 bits
2.9% →
TRIDE 4.75 bits
2.9% →
TASER 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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