5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FRETS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹɛts/

Noun

plural of fret

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fret

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 FRETS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRETS 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,591 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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 F__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ANILE RANEE SLAIN TAINT CAROL
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRETS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,591 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRETS ranks #3,591 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
191
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
268
159
155
134
134
88
87
65
64
49
49
43
40
38
36
32
32
26
25
25
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRETS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COALY
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
7% chance
Suggested:
RANEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
COALY 5.73 bits
11.4% →
ANILE 5.41 bits
6.7% →
RANEE 4.37 bits
6.6% →
SLAIN 5.13 bits
5.7% →
TAINT 5.13 bits
5.7% →
CAROL 5.29 bits
3.7% →
SLANE 4.48 bits
3.7% →
DRAIN 4.33 bits
2.8% →
LAIDE 4.45 bits
2.7% →
SAINT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1E1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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