5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FICIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ficain.

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 FICIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FICIN 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 59.6% of games, misses completely in 40.4%, and leaves about 452 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,127 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___N F in the 1st position and N in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE CHARE ROATE STALE TORSE SAWER
Words starting with F Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.59 Entropy (bits)
452 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FICIN 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,127 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FICIN ranks #12,127 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
26%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

954
223
215
142
107
74
72
65
65
43
35
35
33
28
25
18
16
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FICIN:

40% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
CHARE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.4% →
TARSE 6.34 bits
9.5% →
CHARE 5.61 bits
9.1% →
ROATE 5.45 bits
6.0% →
STALE 5.30 bits
4.5% →
TORSE 4.66 bits
3.1% →
TORSE 4.28 bits
3.1% →
SAWER 4.78 bits
2.8% →
TALER 5.00 bits
2.8% →
ALURE 5.00 bits
1.8% →
HAOLE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1C3I1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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