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

FRESH

Yes, FRESH was the Wordle answer on July 11, 2021 (Wordle #22).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹɛʃ/

Adjective

Newly produced or obtained; recent.

“He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.”

Adjective

Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.

“After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.”

Adverb

Recently; just recently; most recently.

“We are fresh out of milk.”

Noun

A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.

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: July 11, 2021 (#22).

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

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How FRESH performs as a guess

FRESH 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,808 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__H R in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ANILE REATE SLANT CAROL TRAIN
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRESH 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,808 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRESH ranks #5,808 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
211
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
C R E S S
F R E S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FRESH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

410
309
184
163
131
111
79
67
57
57
51
46
41
39
36
35
33
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28
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26
19
18
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRESH:

17% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
REATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
TALON 5.84 bits
13.1% →
ANILE 5.43 bits
7.8% →
REATE 4.39 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
5.6% →
CAROL 5.15 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 4.19 bits
3.4% →
PLATE 4.77 bits
2.8% →
COATE 3.97 bits
2.4% →
CHANT 4.43 bits
2.4% →
TOUCH 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1E1S1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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