5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLEYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fley

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 FLEYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLEYS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,769 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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 _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE STAIR DAIRY LAREE TRIAL
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLEYS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,769 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLEYS ranks #8,769 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
17
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)
82%
Green tile
20%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
393
178
153
151
132
116
64
63
61
61
55
42
40
38
24
22
21
21
20
20
19
16
15
14
13
13
12
12
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLEYS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
17% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TRAIN 6.22 bits
16.7% →
ROATE 5.34 bits
7.5% →
STAIR 5.33 bits
6.5% →
STAIR 4.75 bits
6.4% →
DAIRY 4.59 bits
5.6% →
LAREE 4.54 bits
4.9% →
TRIAL 5.05 bits
2.7% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
2.7% →
SAIST 4.30 bits
2.6% →
DALLY 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1E1Y4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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