5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAUGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɔː/

Interjection

An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.

Alternative forms: faw, fough

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 FAUGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAUGH 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 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,619 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL ALERT SILER SLIER TORSE STOLE
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAUGH 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,619 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAUGH ranks #9,619 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
260
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:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

649
378
201
163
108
79
78
56
56
53
53
30
28
28
26
25
22
20
19
16
14
14
14
14
13
12
12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAUGH:

28% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
SILER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
SOREL 5.96 bits
16.0% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
8.5% →
SILER 4.75 bits
6.9% →
SLIER 5.14 bits
4.6% →
TORSE 5.56 bits
3.4% →
STOLE 4.71 bits
3.3% →
TRONE 5.05 bits
2.4% →
SCARE 4.45 bits
2.4% →
ALINE 4.68 bits
2.2% →
RONTE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1U1G2H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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