5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FUGUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.7% 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 FUGUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUGUS 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 55.4% of games, misses completely in 44.6%, and leaves about 574 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,076 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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__U_ F in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TIARE ALONE CARLE TRONE ARIEL
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.08 Entropy (bits)
574 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUGUS 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,076 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUGUS ranks #14,076 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
624
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
421
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
20%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1052
429
148
109
102
88
50
47
45
32
31
21
20
18
16
15
13
11
10
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUGUS:

45% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
18% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ALONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.6% →
ROATE 6.03 bits
18.2% →
TIARE 5.61 bits
6.3% →
ALONE 5.59 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 4.46 bits
4.3% →
TRONE 5.24 bits
3.7% →
ARIEL 5.26 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 4.06 bits
2.0% →
TALER 4.56 bits
1.9% →
ARIEL 4.88 bits
1.4% →
SKATE 3.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1G2U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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