5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FURTH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Preposition

out or outside

Preposition

Alternative form of forth.

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 FURTH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FURTH 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,943 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CANOE SALET TREAT SAICE SLANE
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FURTH 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,943 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FURTH ranks #4,943 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
18
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
1 vowels
Common:
RTU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

620
355
202
101
95
85
75
68
55
45
42
38
35
35
33
32
21
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18
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17
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15
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15
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FURTH:

26% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
15% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
ALONE 6.16 bits
15.1% →
CANOE 5.34 bits
8.6% →
SALET 5.63 bits
4.3% →
TREAT 4.69 bits
4.0% →
SAICE 5.35 bits
3.6% →
SLANE 5.10 bits
3.2% →
MAILE 4.37 bits
2.9% →
CANOE 4.61 bits
2.3% →
PAISE 4.71 bits
1.9% →
ALONE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1R1T1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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