5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLOGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flog

Noun

plural of flog

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 FLOGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLOGS 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,805 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE STARE TONER RAILE TIARE TRADE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLOGS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,805 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLOGS ranks #5,805 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
13
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
25%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

596
301
226
219
93
84
74
66
64
63
49
41
35
33
26
24
22
22
21
19
18
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13
13
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11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLOGS:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
CARTE 6.32 bits
12.8% →
STARE 5.70 bits
9.6% →
TONER 5.39 bits
9.3% →
RAILE 5.31 bits
3.9% →
TIARE 5.28 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.70 bits
3.1% →
CRAPE 4.93 bits
2.8% →
SALLE 4.72 bits
2.7% →
PEART 3.91 bits
2.7% →
LOYAL 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1O1G2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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