5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLISK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flɪsk/

Noun

A comb with large teeth.

Verb

To frisk; to skip; to caper; to move quickly or restlessly.

Verb

To flick or sprinkle (with or as if with water).

Noun

A caper; a spring; a whim.

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 FLISK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLISK 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 70.7% of games, misses completely in 29.3%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,177 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___K F in the 1st position and K in the 5th position F__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE LABEL PARTE RONTE TRONE BRANE
Words starting with F Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLISK 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,177 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLISK ranks #6,177 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
30%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

692
228
215
209
103
103
81
68
51
46
42
39
32
27
26
26
25
19
17
15
15
14
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13
13
13
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLISK:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
LABEL
9% chance
Suggested:
PARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.3% →
ROATE 6.21 bits
9.7% →
LABEL 5.19 bits
9.1% →
PARTE 5.69 bits
8.9% →
RONTE 5.38 bits
4.4% →
ROATE 5.12 bits
4.4% →
TRONE 5.08 bits
3.4% →
BRANE 4.93 bits
2.9% →
LIBEL 4.19 bits
2.2% →
SALLE 4.45 bits
1.9% →
STANE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1I1S1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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