5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FRAYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/[ˈfɹʷeɪ̯z]/ˈfɹɛjz/

Noun

plural of fray

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fray

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 FRAYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRAYS 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,143 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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 _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE ROUET CONTE CATER CLINE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRAYS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,143 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRAYS ranks #7,143 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
14
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)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

413
241
203
184
137
120
112
81
81
77
61
59
49
49
44
34
26
26
25
20
20
19
16
14
13
13
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRAYS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
TOILE 6.21 bits
10.2% →
CLONE 5.39 bits
8.6% →
TOILE 5.41 bits
7.8% →
ROUET 5.20 bits
5.8% →
TOILE 4.50 bits
5.1% →
CONTE 4.74 bits
4.7% →
CATER 4.63 bits
3.4% →
CLINE 4.85 bits
3.4% →
SHOTE 4.52 bits
3.3% →
STILE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1A1Y4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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