5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FARER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛəɹə(ɹ)//ˈfɛɹɚ/

Noun

One who fares or travels, a traveller, tripper

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 FARER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FARER 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,900 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position FA_ER F in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLANT SLATE SONLY PRINT
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FARER 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,900 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FARER ranks #10,900 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
723
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
17
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
275
197
153
139
133
97
94
88
76
67
44
41
35
33
25
24
22
20
19
17
16
16
15
14
14
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FARER:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
11.7% →
SEINE 5.39 bits
8.4% →
SLANT 5.38 bits
6.5% →
SLATE 4.96 bits
5.9% →
SONLY 4.58 bits
5.6% →
PRINT 4.84 bits
4.1% →
SONLY 4.10 bits
4.0% →
TROPE 4.42 bits
3.7% →
GRANT 4.04 bits
3.2% →
SOILY 3.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1R1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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