5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FARMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɑɹmz//fɑːmz/

Noun

plural of farm

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of farm

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 FARMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FARMS 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,357 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED ALATE TRACE CLOTE THALE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FARMS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,357 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FARMS ranks #4,357 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

459
257
226
202
135
120
98
72
63
58
47
47
41
31
29
29
27
26
22
22
21
21
21
14
13
13
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FARMS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
10.9% →
TRIED 5.29 bits
9.6% →
TOILE 5.49 bits
8.6% →
ALATE 5.53 bits
5.7% →
TRACE 4.80 bits
5.1% →
CLOTE 4.59 bits
4.2% →
THALE 4.85 bits
3.1% →
MOILE 4.89 bits
2.7% →
SHOTE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1R1M3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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