5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLORY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹi//ˈflɔːɹi//ˈflɔɹi/

Adjective

Decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.

Adjective

Having the ends of the arms turn into fleurs-de-lis, rather than having fleurs-de-lis attached to the ends as in a cross floretty.

Alternative forms: fleury

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 FLORY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLORY 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,942 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STANE SAICE SALLE CONTE SAINT SORER
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLORY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,942 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLORY ranks #4,942 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
18
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:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
38%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
335
200
161
137
103
100
76
55
51
49
47
43
34
29
29
23
23
21
20
20
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17
15
14
14
14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLORY:

20% chance
Suggested:
STANE
14% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
STANE 6.29 bits
14.2% →
SAICE 5.59 bits
8.5% →
SALLE 5.45 bits
6.8% →
CONTE 5.25 bits
5.8% →
SAINT 4.84 bits
4.4% →
SORER 4.44 bits
4.2% →
SPACE 5.16 bits
3.2% →
STANE 4.61 bits
2.3% →
SPATE 4.83 bits
2.2% →
CONTE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1O1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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