5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FLOES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of floe

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 FLOES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLOES 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,611 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

TRAIN TRADE RAINY SHART TAPER STAIR
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLOES 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
0.69 Volatility
#4,611 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLOES ranks #4,611 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
34%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

322
280
184
167
122
119
115
91
65
52
45
45
43
42
42
42
40
34
33
33
24
22
20
20
17
17
15
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLOES:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
TRAIN 5.95 bits
11.9% →
TRADE 5.58 bits
7.8% →
RAINY 4.96 bits
7.1% →
SHART 5.34 bits
5.2% →
TAPER 4.35 bits
5.0% →
STAIR 4.78 bits
4.9% →
RAINY 4.89 bits
3.9% →
LADLE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
TROOP 3.90 bits
2.2% →
LOYAL 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1O1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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