5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FUNGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/

Noun

A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.

“The fielding coach played fungo with the outfielders to warm them up.”

Noun

A fungo bat.

“He is so strong he could hit it out of the park with a fungo.”

Verb

To take part in a fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.

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 FUNGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUNGO 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 352 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,786 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___O F in the 1st position and O in the 5th position F__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STRAE SLIER SMILE ROOSE PARLE
Words starting with F Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
352 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUNGO 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,786 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUNGO ranks #8,786 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
13
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:
NOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
22%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

800
327
156
111
108
94
75
62
61
43
42
42
40
33
26
23
23
22
18
17
13
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUNGO:

34% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
14% chance
Suggested:
STRAE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
TARSE 6.32 bits
13.9% →
STRAE 5.26 bits
6.6% →
SLIER 5.26 bits
4.7% →
TARSE 5.33 bits
4.6% →
SMILE 4.57 bits
4.0% →
ROOSE 4.57 bits
3.2% →
PARLE 5.04 bits
2.6% →
CADIE 4.53 bits
2.6% →
SLIER 5.16 bits
1.8% →
REAST 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1N1G2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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