5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FRAUD

FRAUD is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔːd/[ˈfɹʷɔːd]/ˈfɹoːd/

Noun

The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Noun

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

Verb

To defraud.

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

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 FRAUD performs as a guess

FRAUD is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,008 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__U_ F in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SOREE SONLY STILE CATER SPICE
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRAUD 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,008 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRAUD ranks #5,008 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
16
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:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
M U L C H
F R A U D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FRAUD in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
280
202
160
146
135
87
81
56
47
43
37
35
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
21
21
21
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13
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRAUD:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOREE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
11.9% →
TOILE 5.16 bits
8.6% →
SOREE 5.02 bits
6.8% →
SONLY 4.76 bits
6.2% →
STILE 5.26 bits
5.7% →
CATER 4.56 bits
3.7% →
SPICE 4.72 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 5.01 bits
2.4% →
SOREL 4.46 bits
2.0% →
SINCE 3.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1A1U1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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