5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FARDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɑɹdz//fɑːdz/

Noun

plural of fard

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fard

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 FARDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FARDS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,808 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__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CONTE ALANE TRACE THALE SPITE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FARDS 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
0.66 Volatility
#3,808 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FARDS ranks #3,808 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
9
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
230
227
193
129
116
106
103
67
60
55
47
45
38
37
33
31
30
26
25
24
22
17
14
14
13
13
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FARDS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.47 bits
9.6% →
CONTE 5.24 bits
8.2% →
ALANE 5.54 bits
5.5% →
CONTE 4.81 bits
4.9% →
TRACE 4.85 bits
4.5% →
TOILE 5.20 bits
4.4% →
THALE 4.81 bits
2.8% →
SPITE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1R1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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