5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FLUSH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ//flʌʃ/

Noun

A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.

Verb

To cause to take flight from concealment.

“The dogs flushed the deer from the woods.”

Verb

To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

“A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.”

Adjective

Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.

“Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.”

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 FLUSH performs as a guess

FLUSH 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,807 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___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__H L in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE RAILE TIARE RONTE BRANE ROATE
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUSH 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUSH ranks #6,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLUSH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

698
245
212
133
109
97
81
64
58
49
46
44
44
42
33
23
22
22
20
18
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUSH:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
RAINE 6.10 bits
10.4% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
9.0% →
TIARE 5.58 bits
5.6% →
RONTE 5.04 bits
4.6% →
TIARE 5.65 bits
4.1% →
BRANE 4.98 bits
3.4% →
ROATE 5.01 bits
2.7% →
ORATE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
SALLE 4.59 bits
2.1% →
TRADE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1S1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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