5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FOXED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of fox; baffled; outwitted.

Adjective

Of paper, having yellowish-brown stains.

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 FOXED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOXED 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,820 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ARSON STAIR SHALT SNARE GEARE
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOXED 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,820 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOXED ranks #12,820 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
660
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
330
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
31%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

614
444
213
181
136
87
85
70
50
45
39
29
29
27
25
21
21
19
17
17
16
15
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14
12
11
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOXED:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLART
19% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SLART 5.97 bits
18.8% →
SLART 5.79 bits
9.0% →
ARSON 5.23 bits
7.7% →
STAIR 4.64 bits
5.8% →
SHALT 4.34 bits
3.7% →
SNARE 4.29 bits
3.6% →
GEARE 4.59 bits
3.0% →
DAILY 4.65 bits
2.1% →
SAINT 4.70 bits
1.9% →
MOWER 2.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1X8E1D2
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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