5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLAWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of flaw

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 FLAWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLAWS 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,549 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__W_ F in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONER ROUET LIBEL CARTE DRICE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAWS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,549 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAWS ranks #7,549 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
221
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
25%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

596
292
256
163
119
105
76
70
61
56
48
37
32
30
28
26
24
24
23
21
20
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11
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10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAWS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
TRONE 6.11 bits
12.4% →
TONER 5.44 bits
10.9% →
ROUET 5.62 bits
6.9% →
LIBEL 5.05 bits
5.0% →
CARTE 4.48 bits
4.5% →
DRICE 5.03 bits
3.2% →
SATER 4.68 bits
3.0% →
CRUET 4.25 bits
2.6% →
RONTE 5.06 bits
2.4% →
PRICE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1W4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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