5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FASCI

FASCI 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

Noun

plural of fascio

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 FASCI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FASCI 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,869 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___I F in the 1st position and I in the 5th position F__C_ F in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRONE ALERT PORTE THALE STILE
Words starting with F Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FASCI 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,869 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FASCI ranks #6,869 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
16
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:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
26%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
260
258
193
155
115
89
78
63
53
49
45
44
35
31
29
28
28
26
26
23
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18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FASCI:

19% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
TONER 5.95 bits
11.0% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
10.9% →
ALERT 5.56 bits
8.2% →
PORTE 5.40 bits
6.6% →
TONER 4.71 bits
4.9% →
THALE 4.74 bits
3.8% →
STILE 4.68 bits
3.3% →
LOURE 5.37 bits
2.7% →
LEANT 4.54 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1S1C3I1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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