5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FREET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹiːt/

Noun

A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition.

Noun

A superstitious rite, observance, wont, or practice.

Alternative forms: fret, freit

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 FREET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FREET 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,199 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE CAROL SATIN CANOE SAINE
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FREET 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,199 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FREET ranks #7,199 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
40%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
245
174
157
102
98
92
89
80
68
45
42
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34
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24
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FREET:

22% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
SALON 5.82 bits
10.4% →
SLANE 5.25 bits
7.4% →
CAROL 5.23 bits
6.7% →
SATIN 4.96 bits
4.3% →
CANOE 3.89 bits
4.2% →
SAINE 4.60 bits
3.9% →
SOLAR 3.60 bits
3.8% →
SPADE 4.36 bits
3.4% →
TASTE 4.71 bits
2.9% →
ALIEN 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1E1E1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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