5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FRIAR

FRIAR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪə//ˈfɹaɪɚ/

Noun

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

Noun

An American fish, the silverside.

Alternative forms: frier, fryar

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

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 FRIAR performs as a guess

FRIAR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,800 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__A_ F in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SALET CONTE TORSE STORE CLOTE
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRIAR 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,800 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRIAR ranks #9,800 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
775
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
38%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
B R I A R
F R I A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FRIAR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
382
191
147
134
98
93
85
69
59
56
44
39
34
31
27
24
20
18
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11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRIAR:

21% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
16% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
STOLE 5.92 bits
16.2% →
SALET 5.48 bits
8.1% →
CONTE 5.07 bits
6.2% →
TORSE 5.29 bits
5.7% →
STOLE 5.00 bits
4.2% →
STORE 4.29 bits
3.9% →
CONTE 4.59 bits
3.6% →
CLOTE 4.55 bits
2.9% →
TOUSE 3.90 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1I1A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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