5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with F and ending in ER (F__ER)

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Possible answers

FEVER FEWER FIBER FILER FINER FIXER FLIER FLYER FOYER FREER

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 26 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: FEVER (January 28, 2025); FEWER (April 3, 2022); FIBER (October 19, 2024); FINER (November 19, 2021); FIXER (November 9, 2021); FLYER (July 18, 2023); FOYER (April 19, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter BELIE
Average remaining
1.4
Worst branch
2
Information
2.92 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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BELIE does not fit this page's clues. FLEER keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.6 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: FI_ER

FIBER, FILER, FINER, FIXER differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BELIE tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits F__ER?

All 26 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

I 35% A 23% Y 19% L 15% V 12% O 8%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FIBER FILER FINER FIXER FLIER

Common letter pairs

ER 26% FI 7% FA 6% FE 5% YE 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 8% · two: 88% · three or more: 4%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match F__ER?
26 five-letter words match F__ER in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, FLIER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.1 bits against the possible answers.
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