5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FLEET

FLEET is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfliːt/[ˈflɪi̯t]

Noun

A group of vessels or vehicles.

Noun

Any group of associated items.

Verb

To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.

Verb

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.

Alternative forms: fleete

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

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 FLEET performs as a guess

FLEET 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,672 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SONAR ARISE LOYAL TARTE SCALE SPACE
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLEET 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,672 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLEET ranks #8,672 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
16
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:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
37%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
F L E E T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLEET in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

535
272
191
187
121
111
92
76
76
39
36
31
31
30
28
23
22
21
21
20
20
18
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15
15
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11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLEET:

23% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
12% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
8% chance
Suggested:
LOYAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
SONAR 5.76 bits
11.5% →
ARISE 5.11 bits
8.1% →
LOYAL 5.06 bits
7.9% →
SONAR 5.13 bits
5.1% →
SONAR 4.56 bits
4.7% →
SONAR 4.89 bits
3.9% →
TARTE 4.68 bits
3.2% →
SCALE 4.27 bits
3.2% →
SPACE 4.19 bits
1.7% →
LAIRY 3.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1E1E1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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