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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FACTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of factum

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 FACTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FACTA 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 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 306 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,807 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL SLANE SIREN CRINE SILER SERAL
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
306 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FACTA 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,807 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FACTA ranks #9,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
26%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

707
269
250
179
142
102
73
72
63
48
45
32
28
25
22
20
19
19
19
17
13
13
12
11
10
10
10
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FACTA:

30% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
SOREL 5.99 bits
11.4% →
SLANE 5.53 bits
10.6% →
SIREN 5.58 bits
7.6% →
CRINE 5.34 bits
6.0% →
SILER 4.86 bits
4.3% →
SERAL 5.06 bits
3.1% →
SHARE 4.57 bits
3.1% →
HOISE 4.63 bits
2.7% →
SILER 4.79 bits
2.0% →
HOISE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1C3T1A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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