5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLEER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flɪə//flɪɚ//fliɹ/

Noun

One who flees.

Verb

To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn

Verb

To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

Noun

Mockery; derision.

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 FLEER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLEER 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,336 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST SALLY COATE STALE SONDE
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLEER 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
0.71 Volatility
#7,336 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLEER ranks #7,336 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
14
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
280
234
185
144
87
85
85
53
44
42
35
31
28
27
25
23
22
21
20
20
16
16
13
13
13
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLEER:

22% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
COAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
SAINT 6.08 bits
11.9% →
COAST 5.52 bits
9.9% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
7.8% →
SALLY 5.19 bits
6.1% →
COATE 4.56 bits
3.7% →
COAST 3.45 bits
3.6% →
STALE 4.53 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.55 bits
2.2% →
SONDE 4.02 bits
1.9% →
TRIAL 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1E1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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