5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FATWA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfætwɑː//-wə//ˈfætwɑ/

Noun

A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.

“The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases.”

Noun

A decree issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death, usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.

Verb

To issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone); specifically (loosely, erroneous), a fatwa imposing a ban or a death sentence.

Alternative forms: fetwa, fetwah, fatwah, futwa

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 FATWA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FATWA 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 385 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,835 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___A F in the 1st position and A in the 5th position F__W_ F in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE SLANE SIREN SOREL LEAST SENOR
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.58 Entropy (bits)
385 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FATWA 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,835 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FATWA ranks #12,835 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
669
4 guesses
1,308
5 guesses
323
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:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
25%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

806
322
295
172
120
91
69
55
48
31
28
28
23
22
20
19
16
14
14
14
13
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10
8
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FATWA:

34% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
RIONE 5.94 bits
13.7% →
SLANE 5.48 bits
12.5% →
SIREN 5.52 bits
7.3% →
SOREL 4.81 bits
5.1% →
LEAST 5.01 bits
3.9% →
SENOR 5.22 bits
2.9% →
SILER 4.81 bits
2.3% →
COURE 4.61 bits
2.0% →
TRINE 3.90 bits
1.3% →
NOIRE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1T1W4A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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