5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOEHN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɜːn//feɪn//fɝn/

Noun

A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.

Noun

A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.

Alternative forms: foen, föhn, fohn

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 FOEHN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOEHN 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,183 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__H_ F in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

REATE TRAIL ACTOR GIANT SHART SADLY
Words starting with F Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOEHN 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,183 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOEHN ranks #7,183 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
17
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:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
408
153
138
112
101
100
89
68
60
59
33
33
33
32
32
31
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27
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOEHN:

18% chance
Suggested:
REATE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
6% chance
Suggested:
ACTOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
REATE 5.62 bits
17.3% →
TRAIL 5.94 bits
6.5% →
ACTOR 4.97 bits
5.9% →
GIANT 5.10 bits
4.7% →
SHART 5.05 bits
4.3% →
SADLY 4.53 bits
4.2% →
SLART 5.10 bits
3.8% →
RAISE 4.63 bits
2.9% →
PRATE 4.28 bits
2.5% →
SWORE 3.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1E1H4N1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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