5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FLEXI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Clipping of flexitime.

Noun

Ellipsis of flexi disc.

Adjective

Clipping of flexible.

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 FLEXI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLEXI 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,184 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___I F in the 1st position and I in the 5th position _L__I L in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SAINT RALLY TRINE LAREE SHART
Words starting with F Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLEXI 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,184 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLEXI ranks #13,184 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
671
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
345
6 guesses
26
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
20%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

552
448
262
154
147
131
111
80
70
34
29
26
21
21
21
19
18
18
16
13
12
12
12
10
8
7
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLEXI:

23% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
19% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
ROAST 6.02 bits
19.0% →
ROAST 5.60 bits
11.1% →
SAINT 5.22 bits
6.5% →
RALLY 4.91 bits
6.2% →
TRINE 4.77 bits
5.6% →
LAREE 4.60 bits
4.7% →
SHART 5.13 bits
3.4% →
TIDAL 4.02 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.54 bits
1.4% →
BRACE 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1E1X8I1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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