5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FEINT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /feɪnt/

Noun

A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

Noun

A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.

Verb

To direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.

Verb

To make a feint or mock attack.

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 FEINT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FEINT 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,660 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLAR SORAL SADLY LEARE TARSE SALON
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FEINT 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,660 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FEINT ranks #3,660 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
17
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:
EINT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

406
329
123
108
104
98
93
73
60
58
52
49
46
46
45
42
33
31
30
29
27
27
22
20
19
17
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FEINT:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
14% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
5% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
SOLAR 5.82 bits
14.0% →
SOLAR 5.49 bits
5.2% →
SORAL 5.18 bits
4.6% →
SADLY 4.84 bits
4.4% →
LEARE 4.72 bits
4.2% →
TARSE 4.75 bits
3.9% →
SALON 5.02 bits
3.1% →
LAREE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
CLARY 4.58 bits
2.5% →
SORAL 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1I1N1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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