5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

FONES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fone

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 FONES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FONES 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,237 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__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TRADE SLART ALTER ACTOR CLARY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FONES 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
0.69 Volatility
#5,237 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FONES ranks #5,237 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
200
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
33%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

337
319
182
133
131
121
106
100
60
52
45
44
43
43
40
36
34
29
27
25
25
25
23
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18
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14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FONES:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
TRAIL 5.88 bits
13.5% →
TRADE 5.59 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.27 bits
5.6% →
ALTER 4.31 bits
5.6% →
ACTOR 5.00 bits
5.1% →
SLART 5.02 bits
4.5% →
CLARY 4.63 bits
4.2% →
GRANT 5.13 bits
2.5% →
INANE 4.43 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1N1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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