5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FLAXY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Like flax; flaxen.

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 FLAXY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLAXY 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 67.4% of games, misses completely in 32.6%, and leaves about 342 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,654 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TAMER STIRE TOILE SIRED TARSE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
342 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAXY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,654 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAXY ranks #12,654 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
691
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
25
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:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
37%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

768
306
180
166
160
118
81
72
50
46
40
39
33
30
23
22
21
17
13
13
12
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11
10
9
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAXY:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TAMER
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.6% →
TRONE 6.25 bits
13.0% →
TAMER 5.34 bits
7.6% →
STIRE 5.09 bits
7.0% →
TOILE 4.97 bits
6.8% →
SIRED 4.58 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 4.60 bits
3.4% →
SOUCE 4.80 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 4.12 bits
2.1% →
DROLE 3.64 bits
2.0% →
URITE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1X8Y4
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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