5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FLIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flaɪz/

Noun

plural of fly

Noun

The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fly

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 FLIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLIES 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,291 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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 F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY TRACE SHART ANTIC TONER ROAST
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLIES 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,291 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLIES ranks #4,291 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
19
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
35%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
264
175
144
133
125
112
81
61
49
48
47
46
43
39
38
36
35
32
27
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21
18
15
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLIES:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
ROANY 5.67 bits
11.2% →
TRACE 5.67 bits
7.4% →
SHART 5.26 bits
6.1% →
ANTIC 5.16 bits
5.6% →
TONER 4.40 bits
5.3% →
ROAST 4.84 bits
4.7% →
RALLY 4.95 bits
3.4% →
LADLE 4.33 bits
2.6% →
ROANY 4.23 bits
2.1% →
CANOE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1I1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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