5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FRABS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of frab

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 FRABS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRABS 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,207 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__B_ F in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLINE ROUET TARRE CONTE STOPE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRABS 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
0.67 Volatility
#6,207 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRABS ranks #6,207 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
8
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

463
257
242
203
120
110
83
80
79
78
71
44
42
39
29
24
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRABS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
10.9% →
CLINE 5.26 bits
10.3% →
TOILE 5.50 bits
8.6% →
ROUET 5.02 bits
5.1% →
TARRE 4.41 bits
4.7% →
CONTE 4.77 bits
3.5% →
STOPE 4.67 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.19 bits
3.3% →
CLINE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1A1B3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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