5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FOCUS

Yes, FOCUS was the Wordle answer on March 13, 2022 (Wordle #267).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯.kəs//ˈfɵ̞ʊ̯.kəs//ˈfoʊ̯.kəs/

Noun

A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

“The heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire.”

Noun

A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.

Verb

To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.

Verb

To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.

“You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 13, 2022 (#267).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FOCUS performs as a guess

FOCUS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,080 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__U_ F in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PLATE BRINE CHARE TALER SLART
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOCUS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,080 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOCUS ranks #8,080 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
19
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
23%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
F O C U S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FOCUS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

641
287
196
169
149
135
75
66
56
45
39
38
36
33
33
25
24
24
21
17
15
13
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOCUS:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
BRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
12.2% →
PLATE 5.70 bits
8.3% →
BRINE 5.36 bits
7.2% →
CHARE 5.44 bits
6.3% →
TALER 5.19 bits
5.7% →
TALER 4.60 bits
3.2% →
SLART 4.35 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.11 bits
2.4% →
ARIEL 4.99 bits
1.9% →
CLINE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1C3U1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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