5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

FLIER

FLIER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of fly: more fly

Noun

Alternative form of flyer (more common in US, except in the sense of "leaflet")

Verb

Alternative form of flyer.

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

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 FLIER performs as a guess

FLIER 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,889 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAUNT TEASE COAST SALLY SALLE SCANT
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLIER 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,889 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLIER ranks #3,889 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
209
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
2 vowels
Common:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
F L I E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLIER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
224
209
160
133
119
91
81
64
63
59
45
45
43
38
37
35
33
28
27
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLIER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SAUNT 5.78 bits
9.5% →
TEASE 5.53 bits
8.9% →
COAST 5.60 bits
6.8% →
TEASE 4.79 bits
5.6% →
COAST 5.12 bits
5.0% →
SALLY 5.26 bits
3.9% →
SALLE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
COAST 3.57 bits
2.7% →
SAUNT 4.41 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1I1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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