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

FROND

Yes, FROND was the Wordle answer on April 1, 2024 (Wordle #1017).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹɒnd//fɹɑnd/

Noun

The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.

Noun

Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.

“palm frond”

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: April 1, 2024 (#1017).

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

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How FROND performs as a guess

FROND 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,269 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET SAICE CASTE DEALT TARRE
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FROND 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#1,269 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FROND ranks #1,269 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
147
6 guesses
9
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:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
F R O N D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FROND in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
275
153
139
108
97
97
93
87
63
44
41
35
34
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29
28
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FROND:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET
6% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
SLATE 6.52 bits
11.7% →
SALET 5.52 bits
6.5% →
SAICE 5.31 bits
5.9% →
SALET 5.02 bits
4.6% →
CASTE 5.27 bits
4.1% →
DEALT 5.30 bits
4.1% →
TARRE 4.66 bits
3.9% →
SLATE 4.83 bits
3.7% →
STAGE 4.81 bits
2.7% →
TOILE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1O1N1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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