5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUSIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzɪl/

Noun

A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.

Noun

A light flintlock musket or firelock.

Adjective

Obsolete spelling of fusile.

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 FUSIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUSIL 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,523 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE PEART TRONE ROATE MORNE CADET
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUSIL 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,523 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUSIL ranks #4,523 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
15
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:
ILSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
233
223
198
107
82
74
72
70
62
59
58
34
34
33
23
21
19
18
18
18
15
15
14
13
12
12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUSIL:

24% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
10% chance
Suggested:
PEART
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
CARTE 6.17 bits
9.9% →
PEART 5.72 bits
9.5% →
TRONE 5.44 bits
8.4% →
ROATE 5.16 bits
4.5% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
3.5% →
MORNE 4.41 bits
3.1% →
CADET 4.90 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.27 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 4.55 bits
2.6% →
AGILE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1S1I1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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