5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FLOWY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfləʊi//ˈfloʊi/

Adjective

Flowing; able to flow.

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 FLOWY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLOWY 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 67.3% of games, misses completely in 32.7%, and leaves about 337 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,886 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__W_ F in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TONER RAISE SATED STARE SPACE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
337 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLOWY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,886 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLOWY ranks #10,886 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
305
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
35%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

770
257
228
179
130
116
76
56
56
39
39
31
29
27
25
21
19
16
15
15
14
14
12
11
11
10
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLOWY:

33% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.7% →
TARSE 6.34 bits
10.9% →
TONER 5.38 bits
9.7% →
RAISE 5.31 bits
7.6% →
SATED 4.87 bits
5.5% →
STARE 4.90 bits
4.9% →
SPACE 5.12 bits
3.2% →
SATER 5.41 bits
2.4% →
SALLE 4.32 bits
2.4% →
MORAE 4.32 bits
1.7% →
STAIR 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1O1W4Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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