Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

FAURD

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

No dictionary definition for FAURD is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use FAURD in a puzzle

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

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How FAURD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAURD 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,821 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe FAURD used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.59 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How FAURD 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#4,821 Rank among openers
Opening with FAURD left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.67 average. It ranks #4,821 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

FAURD can come back 92 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

482 answers
276 answers
239 answers
154 answers
129 answers
119 answers
83 answers
75 answers
64 answers
63 answers
53 answers
42 answers
41 answers
36 answers
28 answers
28 answers
28 answers
27 answers
27 answers
22 answers
22 answers
20 answers
19 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers
14 answers
12 answers
11 answers
10 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1U1R1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing FAURD

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to FAURD.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAURD:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
11.6% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
10.0% →
TOISE 5.29 bits
6.5% →
TONEY 4.70 bits
5.4% →
SLIME 4.83 bits
5.0% →
CLOSE 4.50 bits
3.5% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
3.1% →
PORTE 4.09 bits
2.7% →
SCOTE 4.65 bits
2.6% →
CLOSE 4.38 bits

Research on FAURD

Game-tree analysis and word research for FAURD, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with FAURD, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #4,632 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with FAURD can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.67, at or below the proven-optimal 3.70, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).