5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fax

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fax

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 FAXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAXES 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,063 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position FA_ES F in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT NOIRE TRAIL SPOUT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAXES 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,063 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAXES ranks #13,063 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,329
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
20
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
281
216
183
169
169
148
115
93
57
50
49
46
40
34
22
16
15
15
15
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAXES:

19% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
COUNT 5.71 bits
11.9% →
NOIRE 5.09 bits
9.2% →
TRAIL 5.27 bits
7.8% →
SPOUT 4.95 bits
7.2% →
OLDER 4.19 bits
7.2% →
DEALT 4.79 bits
6.3% →
CARAT 3.97 bits
4.9% →
RONTE 4.52 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 4.54 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1X8E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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