5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FRYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A machine or container for frying food.

“He learned to work the fryer as part of becoming a competent cook for a commercial kitchen.”

Noun

A fish suitable for frying.

Alternative forms: frier

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 FRYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRYER 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,070 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT SAULT COAST REAST ROAST
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRYER 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,070 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRYER ranks #12,070 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
322
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
426
216
142
116
114
99
99
82
43
40
37
36
26
25
24
20
17
15
14
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10
8
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7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRYER:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
18% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
18.1% →
SLANT 5.65 bits
9.2% →
SAULT 4.75 bits
6.0% →
COAST 5.35 bits
4.9% →
SAINT 4.53 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 4.58 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 3.65 bits
4.2% →
REAST 4.70 bits
3.5% →
COAST 4.32 bits
1.8% →
ROAST 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1Y4E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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