5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAKIR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fəˈkiɹ//fəˈkɪəɹ//fɑˈkiɹ/

Noun

A religious mendicant who owns no personal property.

Noun

An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.

Alternative forms: fakeer, faqir, faqueer, faquir

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 FAKIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAKIR 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,867 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE TOUSE SIENT CLOTE CRATE
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% 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 FAKIR 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,867 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAKIR ranks #7,867 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
248
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
250
236
233
163
142
83
67
65
52
42
38
38
35
31
26
26
24
24
19
18
18
18
17
16
15
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAKIR:

19% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
STOLE 5.93 bits
10.6% →
SLATE 5.80 bits
10.0% →
TOUSE 5.58 bits
9.9% →
SIENT 5.33 bits
6.9% →
CLOTE 4.56 bits
6.0% →
CRATE 4.75 bits
3.5% →
TOUSE 3.90 bits
2.8% →
TROPE 4.35 bits
2.8% →
CONTE 4.84 bits
2.2% →
SOCLE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1K5I1R1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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