5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /feɪks/

Noun

plural of fake

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fake

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 FAKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAKES 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,408 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position FA_ES F in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TRINE TRAIL OLDER DEALT SPOUT
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAKES 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,408 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAKES ranks #10,408 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
721
4 guesses
1,318
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
11
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
276
196
166
157
150
139
109
79
50
48
45
44
41
40
35
34
24
20
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAKES:

17% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
DROIT 5.65 bits
11.7% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
8.3% →
TRAIL 5.36 bits
7.0% →
OLDER 4.22 bits
6.7% →
DEALT 4.90 bits
6.4% →
SPOUT 5.03 bits
5.9% →
RAINY 3.95 bits
4.6% →
RONTE 4.55 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.67 bits
2.1% →
SLART 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1K5E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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