5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOUDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of foud

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 FOUDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOUDS 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,187 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position FO_DS F in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, D in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE PLATE CARNE ARIEL TALER TROPE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOUDS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,187 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOUDS ranks #8,187 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
240
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
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

658
300
194
143
137
132
77
61
55
50
41
41
40
34
33
30
28
24
22
17
15
13
12
12
11
11
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOUDS:

28% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
13% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARNE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
CARLE 6.22 bits
12.7% →
PLATE 5.71 bits
8.2% →
CARNE 5.42 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.58 bits
5.8% →
TALER 4.61 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 4.89 bits
3.3% →
TROPE 4.09 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 4.97 bits
2.3% →
TRACE 4.87 bits
2.1% →
SHIER 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1U1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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