5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAUVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of fauvist.

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 FAUVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAUVE 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,600 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___E F in the 1st position and E in the 5th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT DETER SLART SIREN SONLY SURLY
Words starting with F Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAUVE 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,600 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAUVE ranks #11,600 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
39%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
302
268
163
163
144
131
91
87
47
41
40
37
36
31
31
24
22
20
17
16
16
15
15
14
13
12
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAUVE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
SNORT 5.57 bits
12.8% →
DETER 5.41 bits
11.4% →
SLART 5.32 bits
6.9% →
SIREN 4.53 bits
6.9% →
SONLY 4.34 bits
6.1% →
SURLY 4.44 bits
5.6% →
ALERT 4.67 bits
3.9% →
SHUNT 4.40 bits
3.7% →
SLART 4.41 bits
2.0% →
LATER 3.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1U1V4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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