Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FLEUR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

fleur-de-lis

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 FLEUR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLEUR 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,832 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLEUR 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,832 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLEUR ranks #4,832 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

362
259
223
155
140
131
119
92
67
63
45
43
42
40
36
35
32
20
20
19
18
18
16
15
15
14
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLEUR:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4%
SAINT 6.03 bits
11.0%
SAINT 5.44 bits
9.5%
COAST 5.50 bits
6.6%
TIARE 4.58 bits
5.9%
SALLY 5.19 bits
5.6%
MOUNT 4.59 bits
5.0%
PATEE 4.60 bits
3.9%
COAST 3.60 bits
2.8%
COAST 4.52 bits
2.7%
SAINT 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1E1U1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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