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

FRILL

Yes, FRILL was the Wordle answer on July 31, 2025 (Wordle #1503).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹɪl/

Noun

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

Noun

A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.

Verb

To make into a frill.

Verb

To become wrinkled.

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 31, 2025 (#1503).

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

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How FRILL performs as a guess

FRILL 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,762 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___L F in the 1st position and L in the 5th position F__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAUTE TERRA SIENT SLANE CANOE STONE
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRILL 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,762 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRILL ranks #9,762 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
274
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
34%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FRILL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

607
356
185
184
159
107
73
64
60
47
46
35
29
25
20
20
20
19
19
18
18
14
13
13
12
11
10
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRILL:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAUTE
15% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
8% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
SAUTE 6.10 bits
15.1% →
TERRA 5.36 bits
7.8% →
SIENT 5.00 bits
7.8% →
SLANE 5.40 bits
6.7% →
CANOE 4.93 bits
4.5% →
STONE 5.22 bits
3.1% →
RIDER 4.37 bits
2.7% →
SAUTE 4.79 bits
2.5% →
POTAE 4.41 bits
2.0% →
CONTE 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1I1L1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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