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FAULT

Yes, FAULT was the Wordle answer on October 24, 2022 (Wordle #492).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɔːlt//fɒlt//fɔlt/

Noun

Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.

“No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.”

Noun

A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.

“Despite all her faults, she’s a good person at heart.”

Verb

To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

Verb

To fracture.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 24, 2022 (#492).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FAULT performs as a guess

FAULT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,105 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__L_ F in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE CRANE SHORE GOIER MORNE SIREN
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAULT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,105 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAULT ranks #1,105 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
14
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:
ALTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
38%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
F A U L T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FAULT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
241
151
143
133
127
105
79
67
60
52
50
45
39
32
30
25
25
24
24
23
22
19
19
16
16
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAULT:

20% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
6% chance
Suggested:
SHORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
NOIRE 6.09 bits
10.2% →
CRANE 5.52 bits
6.4% →
SHORE 5.44 bits
6.1% →
GOIER 5.04 bits
5.6% →
MORNE 4.80 bits
5.4% →
SIREN 4.96 bits
4.5% →
CRANE 4.57 bits
3.4% →
SIREN 5.15 bits
2.8% →
TRITE 4.72 bits
2.5% →
SIDEY 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1U1L1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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