5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FLEXO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

flexography.

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 FLEXO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLEXO 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,536 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___O F in the 1st position and O in the 5th position _L__O L in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR THORN SAURY SONAR REATE
Words starting with F Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLEXO 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,536 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLEXO ranks #12,536 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
23
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
22%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

497
446
282
157
142
131
114
73
68
42
33
27
27
24
24
22
21
21
20
18
16
13
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLEXO:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
19% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
12% chance
Suggested:
THORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
SAINT 6.08 bits
18.9% →
STAIR 5.46 bits
12.0% →
THORN 5.15 bits
6.7% →
SAURY 4.88 bits
6.0% →
SONAR 4.46 bits
5.6% →
REATE 4.66 bits
4.8% →
SHART 5.12 bits
3.1% →
LOYAL 4.22 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.46 bits
1.8% →
SAINT 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1E1X8O1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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