5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FADED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪdɪd/

Adjective

That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

“a faded tablecloth”

Adjective

That has lost some of its former strength or vigour.

“a faded rock star of the 1970s”

Verb

simple past and past participle of fade

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 FADED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FADED 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,023 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position FA_ED F in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST RINSE SLART SENOR SONLY DROIT
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FADED 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,023 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FADED ranks #13,023 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
647
4 guesses
1,315
5 guesses
336
6 guesses
13
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
34%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

539
340
276
186
177
160
52
51
51
51
46
39
29
24
23
21
19
16
15
15
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13
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FADED:

23% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
14% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
HOIST 5.84 bits
14.4% →
RINSE 5.20 bits
11.7% →
SLART 5.39 bits
7.9% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.5% →
SENOR 4.50 bits
6.8% →
SONLY 4.55 bits
2.2% →
DROIT 4.36 bits
2.2% →
URITE 4.24 bits
2.2% →
LATER 3.20 bits
2.2% →
SOULY 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1D2E1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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