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

FRITZ

Yes, FRITZ was the Wordle answer on September 27, 2025 (Wordle #1561).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹɪts/

Noun

The state of being defective.

Noun

A type of processed meat sausage; devon

Verb

To go wrong or become defective.

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: September 27, 2025 (#1561).

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

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How FRITZ performs as a guess

FRITZ 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,701 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__Z R in the 2nd position and Z in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SOREL SALET LIANE CANOE HEART
Words starting with F Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRITZ 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,701 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRITZ ranks #10,701 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
282
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B E I G Y
F R I T Z

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FRITZ in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

647
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167
125
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94
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41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRITZ:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
SLANE 6.20 bits
13.4% →
SOREL 5.16 bits
9.3% →
SALET 5.55 bits
7.1% →
LIANE 4.98 bits
5.3% →
CANOE 4.88 bits
4.8% →
SLANE 5.29 bits
4.0% →
HEART 4.65 bits
3.2% →
PAUSE 4.83 bits
3.0% →
PLAIT 4.22 bits
2.7% →
RIDER 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1I1T1Z10
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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