5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FETWA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic spelling of fatwa.

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 FETWA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FETWA 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,455 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__W_ F in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY NOIRE CAROL SARGE HOIST SLANT
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FETWA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,455 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FETWA ranks #9,455 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
7
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:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
23%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
325
296
183
172
100
95
95
57
45
40
39
39
38
30
28
25
24
19
19
19
17
16
14
14
14
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FETWA:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
14% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
13% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
SOILY 5.76 bits
13.8% →
NOIRE 5.18 bits
12.6% →
CAROL 5.20 bits
7.8% →
SARGE 4.56 bits
7.3% →
HOIST 5.30 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.66 bits
4.0% →
SIREE 5.00 bits
4.0% →
BORNE 4.26 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.16 bits
1.9% →
CLARY 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4E1T1W4A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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