5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FLURR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flɜː//flʌr//flɝ/

Verb

To scatter.

Verb

To fly up.

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 FLURR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLURR 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 303 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,185 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE COATE SALLE SIENT STANE COAST
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
303 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLURR 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,185 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLURR ranks #10,185 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
32%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
312
279
140
120
107
93
75
44
44
41
30
28
26
24
22
20
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13
10
10
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8
8
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLURR:

29% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
13% chance
Suggested:
COATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
SAINE 6.17 bits
13.2% →
COATE 5.53 bits
11.8% →
SALLE 5.57 bits
5.9% →
SIENT 4.97 bits
5.1% →
STANE 5.10 bits
4.5% →
COAST 4.23 bits
3.9% →
THANE 5.02 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.66 bits
1.9% →
RIVAL 4.07 bits
1.9% →
GULLY 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1R1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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