5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOGEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊɡi//ˈfəʊɡi/

Noun

A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.

Alternative forms: fogy, fogie

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 FOGEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOGEY 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,059 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SLART STAIR ARSON SHART SNARE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOGEY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,059 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOGEY ranks #10,059 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
42%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
413
194
191
171
110
93
67
51
48
45
42
33
32
28
24
23
20
18
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOGEY:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
TRAIL 6.07 bits
17.5% →
SLART 5.82 bits
8.2% →
STAIR 4.72 bits
8.1% →
ARSON 5.12 bits
7.2% →
SLART 4.72 bits
4.7% →
SHART 4.62 bits
3.9% →
SNARE 4.30 bits
2.8% →
RAILE 4.38 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.78 bits
2.0% →
PEART 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1G2E1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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