5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FADOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fado

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 FADOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FADOS 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,063 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__O_ F in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE LEARN TRONE SLIER THALE STORE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FADOS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,063 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FADOS ranks #7,063 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
16
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

426
252
234
212
167
131
99
97
56
54
48
48
48
47
29
26
22
20
18
18
16
16
15
15
15
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FADOS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
TRICE 6.07 bits
10.7% →
LEARN 5.50 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
9.0% →
SLIER 5.27 bits
7.1% →
TRICE 4.63 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
STORE 4.59 bits
4.1% →
DRICE 5.26 bits
2.4% →
AORTA 4.13 bits
2.3% →
BEARD 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1D2O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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