- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words starting with FAI
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words that start with FAI.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: FAINT (September 3, 2024); FAITH (September 27, 2024).
AARGH does not fit this page's clues. FAINT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The FAI prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- F most often the 1st letter (100% of these words).
- A most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- I most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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FAINT
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
“I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 3, 2024.
FAIRY
A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although typically depicted as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FAITH
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
“The faithfulness of Old Faithful gives us faith in it.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 27, 2024.
FAILS
third-person singular simple present indicative of fail
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FAIRE
Obsolete spelling of fair.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FAIRS
plural of fair
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FAIKS
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FAINE
Obsolete spelling of fane.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FAINS
third-person singular simple present indicative of fain
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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