5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FARRO

FARRO 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: /ˈfæɹəʊ//ˈfæɹoʊ//ˈfɑːroʊ/

Noun

Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).

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 FARRO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FARRO 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,772 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___O F in the 1st position and O in the 5th position F__R_ F in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE STONE SEINE DRICE CONTE
Words starting with F Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FARRO 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
#10,772 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FARRO ranks #10,772 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
21
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
293
287
177
175
108
103
64
63
46
44
41
33
27
27
26
21
19
16
16
13
13
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FARRO:

21% chance
Suggested:
STILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
STILE 6.10 bits
12.4% →
SLATE 5.70 bits
12.2% →
STONE 5.01 bits
7.5% →
STILE 4.68 bits
7.4% →
SEINE 4.82 bits
4.6% →
DRICE 4.39 bits
4.4% →
CONTE 4.22 bits
2.7% →
TONAL 4.33 bits
2.7% →
SEITY 4.62 bits
2.0% →
LEAST 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1R1R1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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