5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FUROR

FUROR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfjʊəɹɔː//ˈfjɔːɹɔː//ˈfjʊɹˌoɹ/

Noun

A general uproar or commotion.

Noun

Violent anger or frenzy.

“The verdict of not guilty created a true furor in the courtroom.”

Alternative forms: furore, furour

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 FUROR performs as a guess

FUROR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 320 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,227 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.

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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__O_ F in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SLANE TRACE SMILE STANE CRANE
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
320 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUROR 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,227 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUROR ranks #10,227 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
13

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
30%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
F L O O R
F U R O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FUROR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

745
268
254
117
113
97
85
71
68
50
45
43
30
29
23
18
17
15
14
13
13
12
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUROR:

32% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
SLATE 6.31 bits
11.4% →
SLANE 5.18 bits
10.8% →
TRACE 5.49 bits
5.0% →
SMILE 4.53 bits
4.8% →
STANE 5.17 bits
4.1% →
CRANE 4.48 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.24 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
2.9% →
CASTE 4.81 bits
2.1% →
SHUTE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1R1O1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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