5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOUAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

houseleek

Alternative forms: fouet

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 FOUAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOUAT 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,491 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__A_ F in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SNARE SIREN CRINE SIDLE DROLE TARTE
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOUAT 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,491 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOUAT ranks #5,491 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
AOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
35%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
364
172
142
132
114
99
79
69
65
50
45
44
31
28
28
26
20
20
20
19
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18
18
17
16
16
15
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOUAT:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
7% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SNARE 5.30 bits
15.4% →
SIREN 5.79 bits
7.3% →
CRINE 5.34 bits
6.0% →
SIDLE 4.92 bits
5.6% →
DROLE 4.55 bits
4.8% →
TARTE 4.91 bits
4.2% →
SHIRE 5.19 bits
3.4% →
CLEAR 4.64 bits
2.9% →
MANOR 4.73 bits
2.8% →
SLIER 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1U1A1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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