5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FORDO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈduː/

Verb

To kill, destroy.

Verb

To annul, abolish, cancel.

Alternative forms: foredo

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 FORDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FORDO 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 65.7% of games, misses completely in 34.3%, and leaves about 366 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,282 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 5th position F__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE SLANE ANILE TUILE CASTE
Words starting with F Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
366 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FORDO 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,282 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FORDO ranks #10,282 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
27%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

808
349
142
127
118
102
95
67
60
39
39
36
30
27
26
23
22
19
18
17
17
11
10
9
9
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FORDO:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.3% →
SLATE 6.36 bits
14.8% →
TEASE 5.43 bits
6.0% →
SLANE 5.38 bits
5.4% →
ANILE 5.43 bits
5.0% →
TUILE 4.66 bits
4.3% →
CASTE 4.95 bits
4.0% →
ATONE 4.39 bits
2.8% →
DRIED 4.79 bits
2.5% →
ALINE 4.80 bits
1.7% →
ANISE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1R1D2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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