5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FACEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of facety.

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 FACEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FACEY 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,182 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT TOISE TRAIL SENOR SLART SIDLE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FACEY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,182 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FACEY ranks #9,182 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
19
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
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
41%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
290
219
187
176
151
124
82
70
64
61
41
39
38
36
33
26
26
19
19
18
16
14
14
13
13
12
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FACEY:

14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
SNORT 5.99 bits
12.3% →
TOISE 5.18 bits
9.3% →
TRAIL 5.37 bits
7.9% →
SENOR 4.43 bits
7.5% →
SLART 5.18 bits
6.4% →
SIDLE 4.20 bits
5.3% →
CHOIR 5.10 bits
3.5% →
SONAR 4.42 bits
3.0% →
CRISE 4.59 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1C3E1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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