5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOYLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Obsolete spelling of foil.

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 FOYLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOYLE 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,529 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN STAIR ARSON SAINT SNAIL RENAL
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOYLE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,529 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOYLE ranks #6,529 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
12
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

340
284
226
180
157
132
108
97
58
51
46
45
36
35
34
32
31
27
25
24
22
21
19
18
17
16
16
15
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOYLE:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
TRAIN 6.12 bits
12.0% →
STAIR 5.37 bits
9.6% →
STAIR 5.09 bits
7.6% →
ARSON 5.25 bits
6.7% →
SAINT 4.92 bits
5.6% →
SNAIL 5.13 bits
4.6% →
RENAL 4.61 bits
4.1% →
SHART 4.50 bits
2.5% →
SHART 3.93 bits
2.2% →
PEART 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1Y4L1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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