5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUELS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fuel

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fuel

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 FUELS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUELS 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,385 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE ROAST TONAL REATE COURT
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUELS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,385 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUELS ranks #6,385 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
375
178
135
131
130
72
72
69
50
50
43
41
40
31
27
23
22
22
22
21
21
21
21
20
19
18
18
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUELS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
16% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
TRAIN 6.03 bits
15.9% →
ROATE 5.30 bits
7.5% →
ROAST 5.34 bits
5.7% →
TONAL 5.02 bits
5.6% →
REATE 4.71 bits
5.5% →
ROATE 4.79 bits
3.1% →
COURT 4.88 bits
3.1% →
RAINY 3.93 bits
2.9% →
TRADE 4.73 bits
2.1% →
IDYLL 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1E1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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