Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

FULWA

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

No dictionary definition for FULWA is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use FULWA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How FULWA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FULWA 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #10,601 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe FULWA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.92 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How FULWA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#10,601 Rank among openers
Opening with FULWA solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.77 average. It ranks #10,601 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
774
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
289
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
20%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

FULWA can come back 66 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

610 answers
457 answers
186 answers
171 answers
153 answers
118 answers
85 answers
43 answers
43 answers
43 answers
42 answers
39 answers
36 answers
34 answers
33 answers
24 answers
23 answers
19 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1L1W4A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing FULWA

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to FULWA.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FULWA:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
TRONE 6.16 bits
19.2% →
TARSE 5.58 bits
7.8% →
STANE 4.75 bits
7.2% →
SLIER 4.97 bits
6.4% →
TRONE 5.52 bits
4.9% →
CORSE 4.45 bits
3.6% →
TONER 5.25 bits
1.8% →
MOIRE 4.61 bits
1.8% →
WRATE 4.66 bits
1.8% →
CLOSE 4.24 bits

Research on FULWA

Game-tree analysis and word research for FULWA, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with FULWA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.82 guesses and ranks #11,680 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with FULWA can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.77, at or below the proven-optimal 3.82, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).