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

FLUKE

Yes, FLUKE was the Wordle answer on March 1, 2026 (Wordle #1716).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fluːk//fluk//fljuːk/

Noun

A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.

“We've classified by a fluke; actually, the first goal was just a total fluke.”

Verb

To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.

“I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.”

Verb

To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.

“He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.”

Noun

A summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)

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: March 1, 2026 (#1716).

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

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How FLUKE performs as a guess

FLUKE 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,048 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___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position F__K_ F in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN SONAR ROAST LOYAL RUSTY LEGAL
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUKE 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
0.71 Volatility
#9,048 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUKE ranks #9,048 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
773
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
241
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)
77%
Green tile
35%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
F L U M E
F L U K E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLUKE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

546
344
227
172
125
116
69
56
56
47
40
38
38
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28
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27
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUKE:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
15% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TRAIN 6.09 bits
14.6% →
SONAR 5.22 bits
9.6% →
ROAST 5.11 bits
7.3% →
LOYAL 5.09 bits
5.3% →
RUSTY 4.44 bits
4.9% →
LEGAL 4.32 bits
2.9% →
SHART 4.69 bits
2.4% →
COAST 4.75 bits
2.4% →
SAINT 4.54 bits
2.0% →
SAINT 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1K5E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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