5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUROS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of furo

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 FUROS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUROS 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,063 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__O_ F in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE CADET PLATE LIANE WRATE PLACE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUROS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,063 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUROS ranks #6,063 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
12
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:
ORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
25%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
282
241
198
103
85
69
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59
48
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUROS:

21% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
12% chance
Suggested:
CADET
10% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
LANCE 6.10 bits
12.0% →
CADET 5.38 bits
10.2% →
PLATE 5.82 bits
8.4% →
LIANE 5.12 bits
4.4% →
WRATE 4.13 bits
3.6% →
PLACE 4.18 bits
2.9% →
LEANT 4.91 bits
2.9% →
SCOTE 4.45 bits
2.7% →
SPATE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
MATEY 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1R1O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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