5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FRUST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 FRUST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRUST 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,106 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__S_ F in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CANOE PLANE HAOLE DIANE MAILE
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRUST 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,106 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRUST ranks #1,106 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,002
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
160
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

529
249
159
139
139
93
71
69
65
62
61
45
40
33
28
28
28
26
25
19
19
19
19
19
18
16
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRUST:

22% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
11% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
7% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
ALONE 6.19 bits
10.6% →
CANOE 5.22 bits
6.7% →
PLANE 5.52 bits
5.9% →
HAOLE 5.20 bits
5.9% →
DIANE 5.17 bits
3.9% →
MAILE 4.62 bits
3.0% →
LIANE 4.79 bits
2.9% →
PLATE 4.69 bits
2.8% →
SPANE 4.46 bits
2.6% →
HAOLE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1U1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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