5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FLUKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of flukey.

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 FLUKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLUKY 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 62.0% of games, misses completely in 38.0%, and leaves about 415 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,563 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__K_ F in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SATER SARED SNORE STANE SHART
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.69 Entropy (bits)
415 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUKY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,563 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUKY ranks #11,563 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,286
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
33%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

897
264
190
166
105
95
84
57
43
42
41
34
30
18
17
17
17
17
16
15
14
13
11
11
10
10
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUKY:

38% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SATER
8% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.0% →
TIARE 6.32 bits
11.2% →
SATER 5.39 bits
8.1% →
SARED 5.02 bits
7.0% →
SNORE 5.24 bits
4.5% →
STANE 5.12 bits
4.0% →
SHART 4.94 bits
3.6% →
CARSE 5.05 bits
2.4% →
LAIDE 3.83 bits
1.8% →
STAIR 4.66 bits
1.8% →
IRATE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1K5Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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