5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FAIRS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɛəz//fɛɹz//fɛɚz/

Noun

plural of fair

Interjection

Fair enough; fair's fair.

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 FAIRS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAIRS 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,349 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE ROUET ALATE STOLE CONTE TONEY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAIRS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,349 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAIRS ranks #4,349 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
217
186
164
155
131
102
101
78
65
55
53
52
46
42
41
36
34
34
25
23
23
22
18
18
15
15
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAIRS:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
8% chance
Suggested:
ALATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
CLOTE 5.71 bits
9.2% →
ROUET 5.15 bits
7.9% →
ALATE 5.47 bits
7.0% →
STOLE 5.26 bits
6.6% →
CONTE 5.16 bits
5.6% →
TONEY 4.60 bits
4.3% →
THALE 4.79 bits
4.3% →
CRONE 4.40 bits
3.3% →
CLONE 4.83 bits
2.8% →
PORTE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1I1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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