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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

FORTH

Yes, FORTH was the Wordle answer on August 13, 2021 (Wordle #55).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɔːθ//fəθ//fɔɹθ/

Adjective

Misspelling of fourth.

Noun

Misspelling of fourth.

Adverb

Forward in time, place or degree.

Adverb

Out into view; from a particular place or position.

“The plants in spring put forth leaves.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 13, 2021 (#55).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FORTH performs as a guess

FORTH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,155 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___H F in the 1st position and H in the 5th position F__T_ F in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

AISLE LAIDE SLANE ALINE CRANE TREAT
Words starting with F Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FORTH 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,155 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FORTH ranks #4,155 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
224
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:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
30%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D O W N Y
F O R T H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FORTH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

535
280
184
134
111
94
93
84
69
62
46
42
41
40
34
33
26
25
23
21
19
17
15
15
13
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FORTH:

23% chance
Suggested:
AISLE
12% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
AISLE 6.19 bits
11.9% →
LAIDE 5.20 bits
7.8% →
SLANE 5.77 bits
5.7% →
ALINE 5.38 bits
4.7% →
LAIDE 4.48 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 4.40 bits
3.9% →
TREAT 4.72 bits
3.6% →
SAICE 5.32 bits
2.9% →
SAUCE 4.84 bits
2.6% →
PAISE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1R1T1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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