5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FANOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fano

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 FANOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FANOS 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,948 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__O_ F in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TRACE TRODE SLIER TRICE THALE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FANOS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,948 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FANOS ranks #3,948 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
186
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:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
238
214
179
150
121
101
85
67
64
56
50
43
43
43
42
26
24
22
21
19
18
18
16
15
14
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FANOS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TRIED 5.98 bits
10.1% →
TRACE 5.54 bits
9.1% →
TRODE 5.10 bits
7.6% →
SLIER 5.28 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 4.55 bits
5.1% →
THALE 4.68 bits
4.3% →
TRIDE 5.29 bits
3.6% →
PORTE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
GRICE 4.66 bits
2.7% →
DRICE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1N1O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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