5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAUNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of faun

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 FAUNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAUNS 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,670 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE TRACE PORTE COREY LINER DROLE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAUNS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,670 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAUNS ranks #5,670 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
189
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
278
200
157
133
125
118
58
58
56
49
48
48
42
38
37
35
28
28
24
20
19
19
16
15
12
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAUNS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
TRODE 6.00 bits
11.8% →
TRACE 5.51 bits
8.5% →
PORTE 5.51 bits
6.7% →
COREY 4.61 bits
5.6% →
LINER 5.09 bits
5.3% →
DROLE 4.67 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.75 bits
2.5% →
GOIER 4.50 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 5.10 bits
2.4% →
GRICE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1U1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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