5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FYRDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fyrd

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 FYRDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FYRDS 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,134 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE COATE STALE PALET ANILE STOAE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FYRDS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#9,134 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FYRDS ranks #9,134 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
13
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
0 vowels
Common:
RS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
17%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
347
312
139
129
98
85
71
65
45
41
34
30
28
26
26
24
21
21
18
17
15
14
13
11
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FYRDS:

25% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
15% chance
Suggested:
COATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
LANCE 6.19 bits
14.7% →
COATE 5.49 bits
13.2% →
STALE 5.66 bits
5.9% →
PALET 4.79 bits
5.5% →
ANILE 5.46 bits
4.2% →
STOAE 4.98 bits
3.6% →
DIANE 4.94 bits
3.0% →
COATE 4.87 bits
2.8% →
SAIST 4.23 bits
1.9% →
LEANT 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4Y4R1D2S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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