5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FUZIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of fusil (musket)

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 FUZIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUZIL 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 65.1% of games, misses completely in 34.9%, and leaves about 383 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,807 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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

TARSE TRINE SALLE TRONE MORSE CARET
Words starting with F Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
383 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUZIL 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUZIL ranks #11,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
289
6 guesses
21
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:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
25%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

824
298
255
167
113
92
87
76
45
36
29
27
24
24
20
19
17
15
14
12
11
11
11
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8
7
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUZIL:

35% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.9% →
TARSE 6.35 bits
12.6% →
TRINE 5.47 bits
10.8% →
SALLE 5.47 bits
7.1% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
4.8% →
MORSE 4.53 bits
3.9% →
CARET 5.05 bits
3.7% →
SONAR 4.57 bits
3.2% →
AISLE 4.44 bits
1.9% →
CLOSE 4.13 bits
1.5% →
CRATE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1Z10I1L1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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