5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FLIMP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To steal; to commit petty theft.

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 FLIMP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLIMP 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 335 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,419 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__P L in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE SALLE RONTE TARSE SOARE TRONE
Words starting with F Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
335 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLIMP 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,419 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLIMP ranks #7,419 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
14
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)
67%
Green tile
25%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

788
239
185
139
126
124
91
65
47
40
36
31
31
31
28
26
25
24
23
22
17
16
16
12
12
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLIMP:

33% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
ROATE 6.28 bits
10.1% →
SALLE 5.49 bits
7.8% →
RONTE 5.29 bits
5.9% →
TARSE 5.75 bits
5.3% →
SOARE 5.37 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.15 bits
3.9% →
BRACE 4.95 bits
2.8% →
DIANE 4.31 bits
2.0% →
TONER 4.54 bits
1.7% →
PEATY 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1I1M3P3
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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