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FAVOR

Yes, FAVOR was the Wordle answer on January 12, 2022 (Wordle #207).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.və//ˈfeɪ.vɚ/

Noun

A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).

“He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.”

Noun

Goodwill; benevolent regard.

“She enjoyed the queen's favor.”

Verb

To look upon fondly; to prefer.

Verb

To use more often.

Alternative forms: favour

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: January 12, 2022 (#207).

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

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How FAVOR performs as a guess

FAVOR 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,458 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___R F in the 1st position and R in the 5th position F__O_ F in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE CONTE TRICE TRACE STONE
Words starting with F Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAVOR 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,458 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAVOR ranks #8,458 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
13
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R
F A L E S
F A V O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FAVOR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
273
241
209
157
143
106
59
49
46
41
39
31
28
27
22
21
19
16
15
15
13
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11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAVOR:

21% chance
Suggested:
STILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
STILE 6.11 bits
11.6% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
10.2% →
CONTE 5.11 bits
8.9% →
TRICE 5.34 bits
6.7% →
STILE 4.53 bits
6.1% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
4.5% →
STONE 4.57 bits
2.5% →
SUITE 3.65 bits
2.1% →
LEANT 4.38 bits
2.0% →
SPINE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1V4O1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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