5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FOODS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fuːdz//fudz/

Noun

plural of food

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 FOODS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOODS 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 64.2% of games, misses completely in 35.8%, and leaves about 407 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,701 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position FO_DS F in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, D in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STALE ARIEL CARTE MANOR BRANE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.61 Entropy (bits)
407 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOODS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,701 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOODS ranks #11,701 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
725
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
29%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

845
392
177
137
124
85
78
56
42
40
38
34
23
22
22
17
16
14
14
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
8
8
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOODS:

36% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
17% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.8% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
16.6% →
STALE 5.61 bits
7.5% →
ARIEL 5.66 bits
5.8% →
CARTE 4.75 bits
5.3% →
MANOR 5.37 bits
3.6% →
BRANE 4.76 bits
3.3% →
RAILE 5.19 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.02 bits
1.8% →
RAINE 4.27 bits
1.7% →
ARIEL 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1O1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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