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

FREAK

Yes, FREAK was the Wordle answer on January 26, 2026 (Wordle #1682).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹiːk/

Noun

Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.

“The two-headed calf was a freak.”

Noun

A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.

Verb

To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.

Verb

To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.

Alternative forms: freake, freik, freke, frick

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: January 26, 2026 (#1682).

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

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How FREAK performs as a guess

FREAK 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,386 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___K F in the 1st position and K in the 5th position F__A_ F in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SAINT SOREE SLATE COURT
Words starting with F Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FREAK 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#8,386 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FREAK ranks #8,386 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
283
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
C R O W D
B R E A K
F R E A K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FREAK in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
281
251
175
163
113
89
68
67
67
50
48
41
35
31
27
22
21
20
19
18
18
17
17
15
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FREAK:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SOILY 5.66 bits
11.9% →
TOILE 5.44 bits
10.6% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
7.4% →
SOREE 4.51 bits
6.9% →
SLATE 4.92 bits
4.8% →
COURT 5.01 bits
3.8% →
RATIO 4.23 bits
2.9% →
SLEET 4.78 bits
2.8% →
PALET 3.78 bits
2.8% →
PRINT 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1E1A1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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