5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOHNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of 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 FOHNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOHNS 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,408 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PLATE TALER TRACE MARLE TARGE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOHNS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,408 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOHNS ranks #6,408 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
25%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

647
269
168
162
138
121
76
72
62
56
52
41
38
35
32
32
31
27
22
21
21
16
15
15
13
12
11
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOHNS:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
11.4% →
PLATE 5.77 bits
7.1% →
TALER 5.21 bits
6.9% →
RAILE 5.31 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 5.64 bits
5.1% →
MARLE 4.81 bits
3.2% →
TARGE 4.89 bits
3.1% →
SASER 4.46 bits
2.6% →
ARIEL 5.18 bits
2.4% →
CANON 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1H4N1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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