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

FLING

Yes, FLING was the Wordle answer on October 25, 2021 (Wordle #128).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈflɪŋ/

Noun

An act of throwing, often violently.

Noun

An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.

“the fling of a horse”

Verb

To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.

Verb

To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.

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: October 25, 2021 (#128).

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

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How FLING performs as a guess

FLING 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 68.5% of games, misses completely in 31.5%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,756 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__G L in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER SOARE SATED CRATE BRACE
Words starting with F Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLING 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,756 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLING ranks #6,756 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
11
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:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
26%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLING in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

742
243
161
152
101
101
86
72
71
60
38
36
28
28
27
26
26
24
24
19
19
15
14
14
14
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLING:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SATER
7% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.5% →
TARSE 6.46 bits
10.3% →
SATER 5.42 bits
6.8% →
SOARE 5.41 bits
6.4% →
SATED 5.17 bits
4.3% →
SOARE 5.20 bits
4.3% →
CRATE 5.14 bits
3.6% →
BRACE 4.98 bits
3.1% →
TOUSE 4.76 bits
3.0% →
CANER 4.60 bits
2.5% →
LIBEL 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1I1N1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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