5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FYKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fyke

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 FYKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FYKES 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,919 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE LATER SLART DAILY SAULT
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FYKES 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,919 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FYKES ranks #12,919 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
670
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
316
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

536
412
202
200
186
167
66
61
52
52
45
39
27
27
25
23
18
17
17
15
13
13
13
12
10
10
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FYKES:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
17% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
LATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
TRAIN 6.11 bits
17.5% →
TIARE 5.27 bits
8.6% →
LATER 4.29 bits
8.5% →
SLART 5.36 bits
7.9% →
DAILY 4.50 bits
7.1% →
SLART 4.85 bits
2.8% →
SAULT 4.35 bits
2.6% →
CLARY 4.65 bits
2.2% →
STEER 3.97 bits
2.2% →
DEARE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4Y4K5E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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