5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAINS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fain

Interjection

Synonym of fainites (“cry for truce in children's games”).

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 FAINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAINS 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 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,916 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET BLARE CLOTE TILDE THALE COREY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAINS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,916 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAINS ranks #3,916 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
14
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:
AINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
254
193
150
143
119
100
88
66
48
44
43
42
42
40
40
35
35
30
28
19
18
18
17
16
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15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAINS:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
BLARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
ROUET 5.94 bits
10.8% →
BLARE 5.54 bits
8.2% →
ROUET 5.47 bits
6.4% →
CLOTE 4.59 bits
6.1% →
TILDE 5.18 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.74 bits
4.2% →
COREY 4.87 bits
3.7% →
TRUCE 4.95 bits
2.8% →
CONTE 4.44 bits
2.0% →
PROLE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1I1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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