5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLOPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

flop per second; floating-point operation per second

Noun

plural of flop

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flop

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 FLOPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLOPS 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,801 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__P_ F in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TONER RAILE PRICE BRANE LOYAL
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLOPS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#3,801 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLOPS ranks #3,801 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
6
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)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

605
256
238
219
94
81
69
66
65
54
53
46
43
37
27
25
23
23
23
23
23
17
17
17
14
13
12
12
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLOPS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
TIARE 6.31 bits
10.9% →
TIARE 5.68 bits
10.1% →
TONER 5.42 bits
9.3% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
4.0% →
PRICE 5.34 bits
3.4% →
BRANE 4.79 bits
2.9% →
LOYAL 4.14 bits
2.8% →
STARE 5.00 bits
2.8% →
GRACE 4.97 bits
2.3% →
SALLE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1O1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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