5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FANGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 50–75 liters at different places and times.

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 FANGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FANGA 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 64.6% of games, misses completely in 35.4%, and leaves about 390 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,321 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___A F in the 1st position and A in the 5th position F__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL SLATE TORSE RUOTE CRISE HOISE
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
390 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FANGA 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,321 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FANGA ranks #11,321 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
707
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
284
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
27%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

835
347
198
174
84
73
72
71
42
37
35
34
29
29
26
22
21
21
19
19
11
10
10
9
9
9
9
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FANGA:

35% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.4% →
SOREL 5.99 bits
14.7% →
SLATE 5.66 bits
8.4% →
TORSE 5.37 bits
7.4% →
TORSE 4.92 bits
3.6% →
RUOTE 5.15 bits
3.1% →
CRISE 4.42 bits
3.1% →
HOISE 4.52 bits
3.0% →
TOILE 5.06 bits
1.8% →
TOISE 4.12 bits
1.6% →
DOREE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1N1G2A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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