5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAENA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɑˈeɪ.nə/

Noun

A series of passes performed by a matador with a muleta or a sword before the kill.

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 FAENA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAENA 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,717 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT SIREE SLART SATYR SONIC SETER
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAENA 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,717 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAENA ranks #11,717 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
717
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
26
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
34%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

473
390
193
151
116
107
95
93
84
79
45
43
35
32
31
26
26
22
21
20
18
16
16
16
15
13
13
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAENA:

20% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
17% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
MOULT 5.61 bits
16.5% →
SIREE 5.25 bits
8.2% →
SLART 5.33 bits
6.4% →
SLART 4.95 bits
4.9% →
SATYR 4.11 bits
4.5% →
SIREE 4.58 bits
4.0% →
SONIC 4.74 bits
3.9% →
SETER 4.80 bits
3.6% →
LATER 3.99 bits
3.4% →
SOULY 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1E1N1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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