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FACIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of fascia.

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 FACIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FACIA 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,126 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___A F in the 1st position and A in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL SLATE TRINE TORSE CRONE SHARE
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FACIA 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,126 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FACIA ranks #12,126 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
717
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
330
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
28%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
325
308
177
147
85
58
54
52
38
37
29
28
25
21
20
20
19
17
17
17
15
15
12
12
11
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FACIA:

28% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
SOREL 6.08 bits
13.8% →
SLATE 5.61 bits
13.1% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
7.5% →
TORSE 4.87 bits
6.2% →
CRONE 5.45 bits
3.6% →
SHARE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
TRODE 4.73 bits
2.3% →
CRINE 4.05 bits
2.2% →
SOLER 4.66 bits
1.6% →
TRINE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1C3I1A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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