5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FONDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fond

Noun

The entire collection of the records originating from the same creator; an archive term used to describe a collection of papers that originate from the same source.

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 FONDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FONDS 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 74.1% of games, misses completely in 25.9%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,123 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position FO_DS F in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, D in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STARE RAILE TALER ARIEL CARTE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FONDS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#5,123 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FONDS ranks #5,123 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
25%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

612
318
162
150
142
122
71
65
63
60
58
42
36
35
35
30
26
23
22
21
18
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14
11
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11
11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FONDS:

26% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.9% →
CARLE 6.34 bits
13.5% →
STARE 5.71 bits
6.9% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
6.4% →
TALER 5.16 bits
6.0% →
ARIEL 5.61 bits
5.2% →
CARTE 4.73 bits
3.0% →
NAICE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
STAKE 4.46 bits
2.7% →
PEART 4.13 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 5.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1N1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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