5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FRAIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 FRAIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRAIS 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,483 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE CONTE CORER STOLE TALER THALE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRAIS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,483 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRAIS ranks #3,483 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
15
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:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
243
179
169
164
118
82
77
76
74
68
67
54
47
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42
36
29
25
23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRAIS:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
8% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
CLOTE 5.71 bits
10.3% →
CLOTE 5.33 bits
7.6% →
CONTE 5.13 bits
7.2% →
CORER 5.13 bits
7.0% →
STOLE 5.26 bits
5.0% →
TALER 4.65 bits
3.5% →
CONTE 4.67 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.26 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.42 bits
3.1% →
CLOTE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1A1I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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