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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FLASH

Yes, FLASH was the Wordle answer on December 20, 2024 (Wordle #1280).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flæʃ/

Verb

To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

“He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.”

Verb

To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

“The light flashed on and off.”

Noun

A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.

Noun

A very short amount of time.

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: December 20, 2024 (#1280).

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

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How FLASH performs as a guess

FLASH 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,293 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__H L in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TONER RONTE LIBEL TALER DRICE
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLASH 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,293 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLASH ranks #3,293 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
10
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
F L A S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLASH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

517
271
180
162
116
92
81
65
65
61
57
44
38
38
37
32
30
28
26
22
21
19
18
18
18
17
16
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLASH:

22% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
RIONE 6.12 bits
11.5% →
TONER 5.49 bits
7.6% →
RONTE 5.43 bits
6.9% →
LIBEL 5.07 bits
4.9% →
TALER 4.50 bits
3.9% →
DRICE 4.77 bits
3.4% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
2.8% →
RUOTE 4.54 bits
2.8% →
TROPE 4.92 bits
2.6% →
TASER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1S1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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