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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FAVUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪvəs/

Noun

A severe, chronic infection of ringworm.

Noun

A tile or flagstone cut into a hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern.

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 FAVUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAVUS 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,377 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__U_ F in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE LEARN SPITE CLOTE RONTE THALE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAVUS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,377 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAVUS ranks #12,377 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
700
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
310
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

601
339
246
207
192
137
78
59
47
34
32
31
31
28
27
23
17
17
15
13
12
11
11
10
10
9
9
9
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAVUS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
10% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
TRONE 5.98 bits
14.4% →
LEARN 5.47 bits
10.4% →
SPITE 5.47 bits
8.8% →
CLOTE 4.96 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
5.8% →
THALE 4.68 bits
3.3% →
SHUNT 4.26 bits
2.5% →
TRINE 4.96 bits
2.0% →
STILE 3.94 bits
1.4% →
GRONE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1V4U1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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