5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FESTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstə/

Noun

A public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.

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 FESTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FESTA 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,414 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___A F in the 1st position and A in the 5th position F__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAROL LARGE SLINK COUNT
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FESTA 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,414 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FESTA ranks #3,414 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
25%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

312
257
228
147
109
101
96
89
85
81
75
59
43
42
38
37
35
33
33
32
23
22
19
17
17
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FESTA:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
COULD 5.58 bits
10.9% →
DROLE 5.32 bits
9.7% →
CAROL 5.31 bits
6.2% →
LARGE 4.70 bits
4.6% →
SLINK 4.83 bits
4.3% →
COUNT 5.05 bits
4.1% →
PRONE 4.69 bits
3.8% →
GENRE 4.21 bits
3.6% →
TAINT 4.52 bits
3.4% →
SHALY 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1S1T1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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