5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FLICK

Yes, FLICK was the Wordle answer on September 3, 2021 (Wordle #76).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flɪk/

Noun

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

“He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.”

Noun

A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

“My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."”

Verb

To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

“flick one's hair”

Verb

To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 3, 2021 (#76).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FLICK performs as a guess

FLICK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 348 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,217 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___K F in the 1st position and K in the 5th position F__C_ F in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

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First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
348 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLICK 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,217 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLICK ranks #8,217 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
18
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:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
29%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L I C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLICK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

807
252
202
143
126
87
69
60
48
45
41
29
29
29
26
25
19
19
19
15
15
13
12
12
11
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLICK:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
ROATE 6.25 bits
10.7% →
SALLE 5.50 bits
8.6% →
RONTE 5.29 bits
6.1% →
SOARE 5.76 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.20 bits
3.7% →
AROSE 4.90 bits
2.9% →
DIANE 4.33 bits
2.5% →
POTAE 4.57 bits
2.0% →
AROSE 4.56 bits
1.9% →
CANOE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1I1C3K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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