5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FROOM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 FROOM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FROOM 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 64.9% of games, misses completely in 35.1%, and leaves about 377 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,850 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___M F in the 1st position and M in the 5th position F__O_ F in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__M R in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET TUILE CADET MAILE SLANT
Words starting with F Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
377 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FROOM 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,850 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FROOM ranks #10,850 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
287
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
29%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

828
323
165
156
133
86
83
61
45
42
37
36
31
27
22
22
19
15
14
13
13
13
11
11
9
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FROOM:

35% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.1% →
SLATE 6.34 bits
13.7% →
SALET 5.39 bits
7.0% →
TUILE 4.83 bits
6.6% →
CADET 4.99 bits
5.6% →
MAILE 5.18 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.98 bits
3.5% →
SOWCE 4.08 bits
2.6% →
TUILE 4.94 bits
1.9% →
PLANE 3.64 bits
1.8% →
SAINT 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1O1O1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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