5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FLUID

FLUID is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfluːɪd//ˈflʉwɪd//ˈflu.ɪd/

Noun

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

Noun

A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).

Adjective

Of or relating to fluid.

Adjective

In a state of flux; subject to change.

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

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 FLUID performs as a guess

FLUID 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,490 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__D L in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SATER TRADE SHART SPACE
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUID 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,490 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUID ranks #5,490 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
20
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:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
27%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L U I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLUID in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

702
246
218
144
101
89
86
66
60
49
38
37
34
28
26
26
26
24
23
20
19
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15
13
13
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10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUID:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
TARSE 6.46 bits
10.4% →
TRINE 5.44 bits
9.2% →
SATER 5.36 bits
6.1% →
SATER 5.19 bits
4.3% →
TRADE 5.23 bits
3.8% →
SHART 5.05 bits
3.6% →
SPACE 5.01 bits
2.8% →
COAST 5.10 bits
2.5% →
SALLE 4.39 bits
2.1% →
DRONE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1I1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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