5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAQIR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fəˈkɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

Alternative spelling of fakir.

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 FAQIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAQIR 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,412 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___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 SIENT SCOTE TONEY TRACE
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAQIR 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
0.72 Volatility
#11,412 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAQIR ranks #11,412 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
19
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)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

487
286
252
250
173
156
84
79
63
40
39
38
32
31
25
24
19
19
19
18
17
14
13
12
11
10
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAQIR:

21% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
STOLE 5.91 bits
12.1% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
10.7% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
10.6% →
SCOTE 5.42 bits
7.3% →
TONEY 4.52 bits
6.6% →
TRACE 4.79 bits
3.6% →
TOUSE 3.88 bits
3.4% →
SPITE 4.36 bits
2.7% →
CONTE 4.89 bits
1.7% →
POREY 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1Q10I1R1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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