5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FANGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfæŋɡəʊ̯//ˈfæŋɡɵ̞ʊ̯//ˈfæŋɡoʊ̯/

Noun

Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism.

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 FANGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FANGO 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,701 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___O F in the 1st position and O in the 5th position F__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER REAST TORSE STILE DORSE SLART
Words starting with F Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FANGO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,701 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FANGO ranks #6,701 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
847
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
12
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

520
332
291
167
109
87
72
66
50
49
49
32
30
30
30
28
24
24
21
21
21
20
19
19
14
14
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FANGO:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
14% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
SLIER 6.08 bits
14.1% →
REAST 5.66 bits
12.3% →
TORSE 5.33 bits
7.1% →
STILE 4.75 bits
4.6% →
SLIER 5.10 bits
3.7% →
DORSE 4.41 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.26 bits
2.8% →
SLICE 4.60 bits
2.1% →
SIDEY 4.41 bits
2.1% →
SLIER 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1N1G2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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