5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FETAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of feta

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 FETAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FETAS 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 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,193 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__A_ F in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAIRN LARGE SLINK TOUGH
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FETAS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,193 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FETAS ranks #4,193 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
9
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

312
257
213
133
113
107
101
89
74
72
71
69
50
40
37
34
33
30
27
25
22
21
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FETAS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

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
9.0% →
CAIRN 5.19 bits
5.6% →
LARGE 4.70 bits
4.8% →
SLINK 4.77 bits
4.5% →
TOUGH 5.02 bits
4.3% →
POIRE 4.71 bits
3.8% →
GENRE 4.21 bits
3.1% →
SHALY 4.36 bits
3.1% →
STOUT 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1T1A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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