5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLEWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of flew

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 FLEWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLEWS 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,744 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__W_ F in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RATIO ROATE STAIR LILAC LEARE TRACE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLEWS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,744 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLEWS ranks #9,744 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
741
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
12
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
21%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
410
217
162
147
132
65
62
49
44
38
38
38
37
23
23
21
21
21
20
20
19
16
12
12
12
12
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLEWS:

22% chance
Suggested:
RATIO
17% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
RATIO 5.91 bits
17.4% →
ROATE 5.33 bits
9.2% →
STAIR 5.29 bits
6.9% →
LILAC 5.00 bits
6.2% →
STAIR 4.78 bits
5.6% →
LEARE 4.69 bits
2.8% →
TRACE 4.70 bits
2.6% →
BLANK 4.05 bits
2.1% →
STALL 4.46 bits
1.9% →
WORTH 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1E1W4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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