5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLUEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Similar to influenza, or as if suffering from influenza.

“I felt fluey this morning: all bunged up, achey, dizzy and tired.”

Adjective

Downy; fluffy.

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 FLUEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLUEY 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,841 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROAST STAIR SORAL STALE SHART
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUEY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,841 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUEY ranks #8,841 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
44%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

449
379
171
151
121
96
94
74
64
58
55
50
48
44
40
31
28
24
22
21
17
17
17
16
13
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUEY:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
16% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
TRAIN 6.23 bits
16.1% →
ROAST 5.55 bits
7.3% →
STAIR 4.60 bits
6.4% →
ROAST 4.83 bits
5.1% →
SORAL 5.17 bits
4.1% →
STALE 4.63 bits
4.0% →
STAIR 4.83 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.61 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.55 bits
2.5% →
SONAR 3.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1E1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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