5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUGIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A cock that will not fight.

Noun

A fugitive; a runaway.

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 FUGIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUGIE 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,097 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ALTER SLART SLANT COAST SHALT
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUGIE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,097 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUGIE ranks #8,097 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

471
398
190
189
124
89
84
75
66
49
35
35
35
31
28
21
21
20
19
18
18
16
16
15
15
15
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUGIE:

20% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
17% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
CAROL 5.82 bits
16.9% →
ALTER 5.34 bits
8.1% →
SLART 4.99 bits
8.0% →
SLART 5.29 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 5.11 bits
3.8% →
COAST 5.03 bits
3.6% →
SHALT 4.15 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.13 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.71 bits
2.1% →
SONAR 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1G2I1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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