5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

FOIST

Yes, FOIST was the Wordle answer on July 15, 2025 (Wordle #1487).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɔɪst/

Verb

To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.

Verb

To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.

Noun

Fustiness; mustiness.

Adjective

Pronunciation spelling of first.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 15, 2025 (#1487).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FOIST performs as a guess

FOIST 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,155 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE CRANE LINER PARLE DROLE TARTE
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOIST 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,155 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOIST ranks #1,155 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
166
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
40%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
C H A F E
F O I S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FOIST in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
164
157
151
147
123
103
73
66
59
49
43
40
39
37
35
34
29
27
27
26
19
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOIST:

21% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
7% chance
Suggested:
LINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
CARLE 6.21 bits
7.0% →
CRANE 5.53 bits
6.7% →
LINER 5.15 bits
6.4% →
PARLE 5.38 bits
6.2% →
DROLE 4.52 bits
5.2% →
TARTE 5.51 bits
4.4% →
CRANE 4.95 bits
3.1% →
CRANE 4.95 bits
2.8% →
PHARE 4.75 bits
2.5% →
PLATE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1I1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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