5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fox

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fox

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 FOXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOXES 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,102 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL REATE SLART ADORN LATER CLARY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOXES 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,102 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOXES ranks #13,102 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
644
4 guesses
1,303
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
395
227
181
171
144
144
73
61
50
46
44
29
28
27
19
17
16
16
16
16
13
12
11
11
10
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOXES:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
17% chance
Suggested:
REATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
TRAIL 5.88 bits
16.7% →
REATE 5.49 bits
9.6% →
SLART 5.27 bits
7.7% →
ADORN 5.04 bits
7.2% →
LATER 4.43 bits
6.1% →
SLART 4.91 bits
6.1% →
CLARY 4.47 bits
3.1% →
BRANE 4.31 bits
2.6% →
SPORT 3.89 bits
2.1% →
STEER 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1X8E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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