5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FANKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfæŋks/[ˈfæŋks]/ˈfaŋks/

Noun

plural of fank

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fank

Interjection

Thanks.

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 FANKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FANKS 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,792 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__K_ F in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT ROUET TRICE GOIER STALE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FANKS 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
0.68 Volatility
#7,792 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FANKS ranks #7,792 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
231
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
26%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
278
239
160
159
115
73
70
59
58
47
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FANKS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
11.8% →
ALERT 5.57 bits
10.1% →
ROUET 5.58 bits
6.8% →
TRICE 4.62 bits
6.7% →
GOIER 5.47 bits
4.9% →
STALE 4.85 bits
3.1% →
GRICE 4.77 bits
3.0% →
COURE 4.44 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.99 bits
2.5% →
RUOTE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1N1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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