5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAKIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The riding backwards of the board, in the opposite stance.

Noun

The act of riding a BMX bicycle backwards and pedalling with the sprocket movement while moving backwards, then turning the bars away from the desired direction and sliding out so as to ride forwards again.

Adjective

Performed using the fakie stance.

Verb

To ride using a fakie stance.

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 FAKIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAKIE 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,579 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

STORY DETER SLART GLINT ROUSE SONLY
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAKIE 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,579 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAKIE ranks #9,579 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
39%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

334
277
211
172
147
143
118
87
86
73
62
49
44
44
39
37
35
35
29
25
18
16
16
16
14
13
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAKIE:

14% chance
Suggested:
STORY
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
STORY 5.61 bits
11.7% →
DETER 5.44 bits
8.9% →
SLART 5.44 bits
7.3% →
GLINT 4.78 bits
6.2% →
ROUSE 4.64 bits
6.1% →
SONLY 4.50 bits
5.0% →
ALERT 4.70 bits
3.7% →
SLART 4.47 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 3.57 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1K5I1E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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