5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUSEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Ellipsis of fusel oil

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 FUSEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUSEL 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,658 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___L F in the 1st position and L in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRADE ROAST TONER ALLOY TABLE
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUSEL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,658 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUSEL ranks #5,658 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
13
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:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
295
162
149
134
121
111
72
72
51
49
47
43
33
31
30
28
27
25
25
23
19
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUSEL:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
TRAIN 6.03 bits
12.5% →
TRADE 5.53 bits
6.9% →
ROAST 5.32 bits
6.3% →
TONER 4.39 bits
5.7% →
ALLOY 4.89 bits
5.1% →
ROAST 4.75 bits
4.7% →
TABLE 4.48 bits
3.1% →
COURT 4.88 bits
3.1% →
RAINY 3.93 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1S1E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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