5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

FRAIL

Yes, FRAIL was the Wordle answer on November 18, 2024 (Wordle #1248).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹeɪl/

Adjective

Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.

Adjective

Weak; infirm.

Verb

To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

Noun

A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 18, 2024 (#1248).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FRAIL performs as a guess

FRAIL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,020 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___L F in the 1st position and L in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STONE TORSE CONTE SIENT SOUCE MATEY
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRAIL 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,020 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRAIL ranks #2,020 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
976
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
F L A I R
F R A I L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FRAIL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

323
211
191
182
136
107
93
87
80
64
58
56
47
46
45
41
38
34
26
26
25
25
24
18
15
15
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRAIL:

14% chance
Suggested:
STONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
8% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
STONE 5.95 bits
8.9% →
TORSE 5.32 bits
8.1% →
CONTE 5.27 bits
7.7% →
SIENT 5.41 bits
5.8% →
SOUCE 5.24 bits
4.5% →
MATEY 4.49 bits
3.9% →
SHUTE 4.93 bits
3.7% →
CONTE 4.71 bits
3.4% →
SALLE 4.47 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1A1I1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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