5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FROSH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒʃ/[ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ]/ˈfɹɔʃ/

Noun

A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.

“The frosh are really getting on my nerves!”

Noun

Ellipsis of frosh week.

Verb

To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

“This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.”

Verb

To damage through incompetence.

“Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.”

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 FROSH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FROSH 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,706 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__H R in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE PALET PLATE LEANT CADIE CORER
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FROSH 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,706 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FROSH ranks #4,706 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
225
214
189
144
94
80
69
60
51
51
49
48
37
36
30
24
20
20
19
19
17
15
15
14
14
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FROSH:

22% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
10% chance
Suggested:
PALET
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
LIANE 6.19 bits
9.5% →
PALET 5.14 bits
9.1% →
PLATE 5.64 bits
8.0% →
LEANT 5.07 bits
6.1% →
CADIE 5.03 bits
4.0% →
CORER 4.44 bits
3.4% →
LIANE 5.22 bits
2.9% →
SPATE 4.67 bits
2.5% →
CLADE 4.41 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1O1S1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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