5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLUES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

Open Solver with FLUES Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fluːz/

Noun

plural of flue

Noun

Bits of down.

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 FLUES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLUES 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,163 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRADE ROAST TONER LOYAL STAIR
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUES 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,163 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUES ranks #6,163 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
295
178
149
135
130
95
88
53
50
49
46
41
40
38
35
34
30
27
22
21
18
17
16
16
16
15
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUES:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
TRAIN 6.03 bits
12.5% →
TRADE 5.53 bits
7.5% →
ROAST 5.34 bits
6.3% →
TONER 4.39 bits
5.7% →
LOYAL 5.12 bits
5.5% →
STAIR 4.74 bits
4.0% →
BURNT 4.39 bits
3.7% →
LADLE 4.40 bits
2.2% →
LEANT 3.48 bits
2.1% →
CLANG 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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