5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

FLOSS

Yes, FLOSS was the Wordle answer on July 20, 2021 (Wordle #31).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flɒs//flɔs//flɑs/

Noun

A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

Noun

Raw silk fibres.

Verb

To clean the area between (the teeth) using floss.

“I don't floss very often.”

Verb

To show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 20, 2021 (#31).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FLOSS performs as a guess

FLOSS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.3% of games, misses completely in 30.7%, and leaves about 322 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,664 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TONER RAILE PARTE BRANE CRAPE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
322 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLOSS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,664 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLOSS ranks #9,664 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
774
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
17
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
27%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
F L O S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLOSS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

724
267
251
243
101
89
73
67
57
54
46
38
26
24
23
22
22
17
14
13
13
13
12
12
8
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLOSS:

31% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.7% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
11.3% →
TONER 5.38 bits
10.6% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
10.3% →
PARTE 5.62 bits
4.3% →
BRANE 4.68 bits
3.8% →
CRAPE 4.89 bits
3.1% →
LOYAL 4.17 bits
2.8% →
REACT 5.22 bits
2.4% →
SALLE 4.45 bits
2.3% →
PEART 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1O1S1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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