5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLEES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfliːz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flee

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 FLEES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLEES 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,122 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE STAIR LOYAL ROANY DEALT
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLEES 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,122 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLEES ranks #9,122 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
785
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
11
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

571
274
242
179
129
110
82
65
53
42
38
37
27
25
23
23
23
22
22
21
21
20
16
15
14
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLEES:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
11.6% →
TIARE 5.33 bits
10.3% →
STAIR 5.28 bits
7.6% →
LOYAL 5.04 bits
5.5% →
ROANY 4.24 bits
4.7% →
STAIR 4.54 bits
3.5% →
DEALT 4.30 bits
2.8% →
BLANK 4.13 bits
2.2% →
STALL 4.43 bits
1.8% →
LATER 3.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1E1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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