5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FRANC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋk/[ˈfɹʷæŋk]/ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/

Noun

Any of several units of currency.

“Belgian franc”

Alternative forms: frank

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 FRANC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRANC 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,838 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__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__C R in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SORER SALET TOILE PALET STILE
Words starting with F Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% 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 FRANC 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
0.68 Volatility
#1,838 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRANC ranks #1,838 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
10
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:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
32%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

448
223
218
125
118
109
103
84
74
73
49
44
40
36
36
35
33
32
30
25
23
22
22
21
21
20
16
15
14
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRANC:

19% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORER
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
STOLE 6.11 bits
9.5% →
SORER 5.26 bits
9.2% →
SALET 5.46 bits
5.3% →
TOILE 5.18 bits
5.0% →
PALET 4.71 bits
4.6% →
TOILE 5.18 bits
4.4% →
STILE 5.28 bits
3.6% →
SPITE 4.76 bits
3.1% →
SAMEL 4.53 bits
3.1% →
SEITY 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1A1N1C3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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