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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FLUME

Yes, FLUME was the Wordle answer on August 26, 2021 (Wordle #68).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fluːm/

Noun

A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

Noun

An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.

Verb

To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.

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: August 26, 2021 (#68).

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

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How FLUME performs as a guess

FLUME 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,042 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUME 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,042 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUME ranks #7,042 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
14
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)
78%
Green tile
35%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLUME in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
326
214
165
107
101
75
69
61
49
43
40
36
35
32
31
30
29
27
26
25
21
19
18
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13
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUME:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TRAIN 6.15 bits
13.8% →
SONAR 5.21 bits
9.1% →
ROAST 5.12 bits
7.0% →
LOYAL 5.10 bits
4.5% →
LEGAL 4.29 bits
4.3% →
SHART 4.66 bits
3.2% →
SONAR 5.00 bits
2.9% →
SHART 4.63 bits
2.6% →
COAST 4.64 bits
2.1% →
METER 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1M3E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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