5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

FUNGI

Yes, FUNGI was the Wordle answer on September 1, 2022 (Wordle #439).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfʌnd͡ʒaɪ//ˈfʌŋɡaɪ//ˈfʌnd͡ʒiː/

Noun

Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.

Noun

plural of fungus

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 1, 2022 (#439).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FUNGI performs as a guess

FUNGI is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 64.6% of games, misses completely in 35.4%, and leaves about 375 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,284 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___I F in the 1st position and I in the 5th position F__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__I U in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALET SOREL TORSE MORSE STARE
Words starting with F Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
375 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUNGI 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,284 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUNGI ranks #10,284 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
16
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:
INU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
20%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C H U M P
F U N G I

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FUNGI in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

835
317
169
140
96
84
70
54
53
43
34
34
32
31
31
29
25
21
20
16
16
14
13
11
11
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUNGI:

35% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.4% →
TARSE 6.31 bits
13.4% →
SALET 5.37 bits
7.2% →
SOREL 5.25 bits
5.9% →
TORSE 5.39 bits
4.1% →
MORSE 4.56 bits
3.6% →
STARE 4.79 bits
3.0% →
GLARE 5.01 bits
2.3% →
SOCLE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
SERAL 4.93 bits
1.8% →
TORSE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1N1G2I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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