5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOGIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of fogey.

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 FOGIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOGIE 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,672 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__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SERAL SLATY ARSON CLARY SLANT
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOGIE 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
0.70 Volatility
#6,672 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOGIE ranks #6,672 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
232
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
41%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

376
349
168
165
162
138
82
75
66
59
49
44
41
36
32
31
28
22
21
20
19
19
18
18
18
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOGIE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
15% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
SLART 5.95 bits
14.8% →
SERAL 5.42 bits
7.1% →
SLATY 5.01 bits
7.0% →
ARSON 5.10 bits
6.9% →
SLART 5.18 bits
5.9% →
CLARY 4.56 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.86 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.16 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.71 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1G2I1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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