5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOXIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Diminutive of fox.

Noun

A fox terrier.

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 FOXIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOXIE 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,400 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER SLATY ARSON CLARY SLANT
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOXIE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,400 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOXIE ranks #12,400 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
338
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
39%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

428
372
205
205
194
154
92
89
73
64
52
43
39
27
24
23
20
19
18
17
16
14
14
13
11
11
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOXIE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
SLART 5.90 bits
15.8% →
ALTER 5.37 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.15 bits
8.7% →
SLATY 4.99 bits
8.2% →
ARSON 5.18 bits
6.5% →
CLARY 4.49 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.17 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.68 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1X8I1E1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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