5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FRIER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of fryer.

Noun

Obsolete form of friar.

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 FRIER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRIER 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,985 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

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SAULT SLATE SATIN COAST SLANT CEASE
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRIER 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
0.73 Volatility
#9,985 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRIER ranks #9,985 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
300
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
39%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
352
183
139
107
105
98
91
84
63
60
57
33
32
27
25
21
20
20
19
18
16
15
15
14
12
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRIER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SATIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SAULT 5.89 bits
14.9% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
7.8% →
SATIN 5.01 bits
5.9% →
COAST 5.31 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.61 bits
4.5% →
CEASE 4.50 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 5.11 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.31 bits
3.6% →
COAST 3.56 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1I1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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