At a glance

Most common: DAISY, LOTUS, POPPY. Rarest: SEDUM, TANSY, VANDA. 6 have been a Wordle answer (DAISY, POPPY, VIOLA, TULIP, LILAC, ASTER). 1 more is on the answer list and could still come up.

Five-letter flowers (17)

WordRarityWordle
DAISYRare#921
LOTUSRare—
POPPYRare#1475
VIOLARare#840
TULIPEpic#1629
LILACEpic#379
LUPINEpic—
ASTEREpic#1910
PANSYLegendarypossible answer
YUCCALegendary—
PEONYLegendary—
CANNALegendary—
CALLALegendary—
PHLOXLegendary—
VANDALegendary—
TANSYMythic—
SEDUMMythic—

Four-letter flowers (3)

ROSE, LILY, IRIS

Questions

What is the most common five-letter flower?

DAISY, followed by LOTUS and POPPY, by how often they appear in written English.

What is the rarest five-letter flower?

SEDUM is the rarest on this list, then TANSY and VANDA. In Wordillion a word that rare scores Mythic.

Which five-letter flowers have been Wordle answers?

DAISY (#921), POPPY (#1475), VIOLA (#840), TULIP (#1629), LILAC (#379), ASTER (#1910).

Rarity is how often a word appears in a large sample of written English (the wordfreq dataset), the same measure Wordillion scores with. “Wordle” shows the puzzle number if the word has been a New York Times Wordle answer, or “possible answer” if it is on the answer list but has not come up yet.