5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

FURRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː.ɹi//ˈføːɹiː//ˈfɜɹ.i/

Adjective

Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.

“His treatment of our furry friends was nothing short of appalling.”

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of fur.

“a furry texture”

Noun

Someone who identifies with or as an animal character with human-like characteristics (an anthropomorphic animal character).

Noun

An anthropomorphic animal character of this kind.

“What percentage of furries are wolves?”

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 FURRY performs as a guess

FURRY 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 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 402 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,641 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE NAICE SALET STONE GLACE ATONE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
402 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FURRY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,641 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FURRY ranks #12,641 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
330
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
35%
All gray
36%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
F U R R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FURRY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

851
352
204
156
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80
55
45
42
30
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27
25
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FURRY:

36% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
NAICE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
SLANE 6.27 bits
14.9% →
NAICE 5.22 bits
8.6% →
SALET 4.90 bits
6.6% →
STONE 5.22 bits
3.8% →
GLACE 4.53 bits
3.7% →
ATONE 5.07 bits
3.4% →
STOAE 4.79 bits
2.3% →
CRUET 4.56 bits
1.9% →
SLANE 4.84 bits
1.8% →
SAMEL 2.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1R1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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