5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FINCA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋkə/

Noun

A country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.

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 FINCA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FINCA 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,922 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__C_ F in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE STILE SORED SOLED GRATE
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FINCA 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,922 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FINCA ranks #4,922 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
12
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
25%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
412
145
126
103
93
87
83
79
61
44
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FINCA:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
SOREL 6.14 bits
17.5% →
TARSE 5.66 bits
6.1% →
STILE 5.38 bits
5.3% →
SORED 5.28 bits
4.4% →
SOLED 4.53 bits
3.9% →
GRATE 4.58 bits
3.7% →
ROUSE 5.38 bits
3.5% →
CARLE 4.88 bits
3.4% →
TORSE 4.49 bits
2.6% →
SATED 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1N1C3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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