5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FUZED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fjuːzd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of fuze

Adjective

Being equipped with a fuze

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 FUZED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUZED 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 69.7% of games, misses completely in 30.3%, and leaves about 356 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,142 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SOLAR SHUNT SALTY DAILY
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
356 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUZED 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,142 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUZED ranks #13,142 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
655
4 guesses
1,310
5 guesses
337
6 guesses
16
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:
EU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

715
471
214
135
110
92
89
59
55
47
30
28
27
26
18
17
17
17
14
13
13
12
12
12
11
9
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUZED:

30% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.3% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
20.0% →
SLART 5.75 bits
9.1% →
SOLAR 4.63 bits
5.7% →
SHUNT 5.13 bits
4.7% →
SALTY 4.26 bits
3.9% →
DAILY 4.89 bits
3.8% →
IRATE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.42 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.83 bits
2.0% →
LAIRY 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1Z10E1D2
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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