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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FUCUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfjuː.kəs/

Noun

Any alga of the genus Fucus.

Noun

A skin cosmetic, a wash or colouring for the skin.

Alternative forms: fukes

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 FUCUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUCUS 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 58.8% of games, misses completely in 41.2%, and leaves about 506 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,402 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__U_ F in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE CRANE MARLE TRONE SLANE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.24 Entropy (bits)
506 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUCUS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,402 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUCUS ranks #13,402 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
633
4 guesses
1,330
5 guesses
340
6 guesses
17
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
19%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

972
392
238
103
90
80
56
46
44
37
36
34
28
28
18
13
11
11
11
11
9
8
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUCUS:

41% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
17% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.2% →
ARIEL 6.09 bits
16.6% →
TIARE 5.69 bits
10.1% →
CRANE 5.56 bits
4.4% →
MARLE 4.48 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
3.4% →
ARIEL 5.27 bits
2.4% →
SLANE 4.49 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 4.24 bits
1.9% →
ARIEL 4.81 bits
1.6% →
PORAE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1C3U1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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