5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FONTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of font

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of font

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 FONTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FONTS 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,906 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PARLE TRACE ARIEL BRACE CARLE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FONTS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#1,906 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FONTS ranks #1,906 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
958
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
140
6 guesses
12
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:
NOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
224
190
139
135
118
88
72
59
56
52
49
48
48
40
31
28
27
27
26
23
21
20
16
13
13
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FONTS:

23% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
RAILE 6.27 bits
9.5% →
PARLE 5.67 bits
8.1% →
TRACE 5.50 bits
5.9% →
ARIEL 5.54 bits
5.7% →
BRACE 5.10 bits
5.0% →
CARLE 4.81 bits
3.7% →
SERAL 4.95 bits
3.1% →
CADIE 4.75 bits
2.5% →
GLARE 4.47 bits
2.4% →
RAILE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1N1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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