5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FRIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹaɪz/

Noun

plural of fry

Noun

Ellipsis of french fries.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fry

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 FRIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRIES 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,011 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY DEALT SLANT ANTIC CAROM SHALT
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRIES 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,011 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRIES ranks #4,011 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
232
168
142
128
116
95
93
83
78
61
56
53
48
39
38
37
34
31
26
24
23
22
21
21
17
16
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRIES:

14% chance
Suggested:
COALY
10% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
COALY 5.67 bits
9.8% →
DEALT 5.47 bits
7.1% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
6.0% →
ANTIC 5.07 bits
5.4% →
CAROM 5.15 bits
4.9% →
SHALT 4.97 bits
4.0% →
OLATE 3.49 bits
3.9% →
TEARY 4.58 bits
3.5% →
ALONE 4.17 bits
3.3% →
CANOE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1I1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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