5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FETED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of fete

Adjective

Honoured; celebrated.

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 FETED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FETED 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,692 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ROAST SORAL SCARE DAILY CLARY
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FETED 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,692 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FETED ranks #9,692 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
34%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

650
272
272
131
111
88
74
64
55
53
49
31
30
27
27
25
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FETED:

28% chance
Suggested:
SALON
12% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
SALON 5.85 bits
11.5% →
ROAST 5.45 bits
11.5% →
SORAL 5.29 bits
5.6% →
SORAL 4.45 bits
4.7% →
SCARE 4.77 bits
3.7% →
DAILY 4.74 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.82 bits
2.7% →
ALURE 4.42 bits
2.3% →
SOLAR 4.63 bits
2.2% →
RAINY 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1T1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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