5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUSTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfʌsti/

Adjective

Moldy or musty.

Adjective

Stale-smelling or stuffy.

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 FUSTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUSTY 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 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,411 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TREAT PARLE DROLE STARE CRONE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUSTY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,411 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUSTY ranks #7,411 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
826
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
31%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

708
240
240
172
112
98
67
56
52
52
46
37
35
34
26
26
25
21
20
19
19
15
13
13
13
12
12
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUSTY:

30% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
10% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
ARIEL 6.14 bits
10.2% →
TREAT 5.52 bits
10.2% →
PARLE 5.41 bits
7.3% →
DROLE 5.13 bits
4.7% →
STARE 4.76 bits
4.2% →
CRONE 5.18 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.71 bits
2.4% →
ARIEL 5.05 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.50 bits
2.2% →
SLANE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1S1T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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