5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUGAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːɡəl/

Adjective

relating to a fugue

Adjective

Relating to flight (fleeing)

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 FUGAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUGAL 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,524 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___L F in the 1st position and L in the 5th position F__A_ F in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE SIDLE TRONE STALE SMITE
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUGAL 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,524 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUGAL ranks #7,524 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

600
407
152
133
131
94
75
67
58
47
39
36
35
30
26
26
25
25
22
22
20
18
18
17
14
13
13
13
12
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUGAL:

25% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
TORSE 6.22 bits
17.3% →
TARSE 5.53 bits
6.4% →
SIDLE 5.16 bits
5.6% →
TRONE 5.51 bits
5.6% →
STALE 4.90 bits
4.0% →
SMITE 4.39 bits
3.2% →
DRONE 5.30 bits
2.8% →
SETER 4.30 bits
2.5% →
SOWER 4.21 bits
2.0% →
TRINE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1G2A1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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