5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FOGOU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfuː.ɡuː//ˈfəʊ.ɡuː/

Noun

A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.

Alternative forms: fougou

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 FOGOU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOGOU 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 56.8% of games, misses completely in 43.2%, and leaves about 514 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,819 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__O_ F in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__U O in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SUCRE SNARE TALER TIARE LATER
Words starting with F Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
514 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOGOU 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,819 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOGOU ranks #13,819 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
629
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
392
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
24%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1018
285
186
158
117
73
72
46
41
40
36
31
27
26
26
20
13
12
10
10
10
9
8
7
6
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOGOU:

43% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SUCRE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.2% →
TARSE 6.21 bits
12.1% →
SUCRE 5.22 bits
7.9% →
SNARE 5.25 bits
6.7% →
TALER 4.66 bits
5.0% →
TIARE 5.20 bits
3.1% →
LATER 4.71 bits
3.1% →
SLIER 5.16 bits
2.0% →
REAST 4.81 bits
1.7% →
SLANE 4.44 bits
1.7% →
TALER 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1G2O1U1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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