5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɔɪlz/

Noun

plural of foil

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of foil

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 FOILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOILS 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,129 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE PRATE RANCE CADET CRANE TRADE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOILS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,129 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOILS ranks #2,129 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
171
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:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
235
174
168
165
138
96
68
56
52
49
45
44
44
36
36
35
27
25
25
20
19
19
17
14
14
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOILS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
PRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
RANCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
TRACE 6.28 bits
10.0% →
PRATE 5.74 bits
7.4% →
RANCE 5.33 bits
7.1% →
CADET 5.33 bits
7.0% →
CRANE 5.42 bits
5.9% →
TRADE 4.48 bits
4.1% →
CRATE 5.00 bits
2.9% →
PEART 4.24 bits
2.4% →
PARTE 4.41 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1I1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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