5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUNDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Basics or fundamentals, considered as a unit.

“Get your funda correct before you submit the paper.”

Noun

Understanding.

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 FUNDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUNDA 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,978 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___A F in the 1st position and A in the 5th position F__D_ F in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE SLIER DROLE SILER ARIEL
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUNDA 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
#7,978 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUNDA ranks #7,978 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
230
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
471
156
118
116
111
107
69
58
50
44
40
33
30
30
30
27
21
21
20
18
16
16
15
13
13
12
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUNDA:

23% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
20% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TORSE 6.20 bits
20.0% →
TARSE 5.68 bits
6.6% →
TORSE 5.25 bits
5.0% →
TORSE 5.42 bits
4.9% →
SLIER 4.72 bits
4.7% →
DROLE 5.39 bits
4.5% →
SILER 4.55 bits
2.9% →
ARIEL 4.60 bits
2.5% →
TRICE 4.38 bits
2.1% →
TOILE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1N1D2A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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