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

FUNNY

Yes, FUNNY was the Wordle answer on December 18, 2023 (Wordle #912).

As an opener, it rules out about 77.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfʌni//ˈfʊni//ˈfʌne/

Adjective

Amusing; humorous; comical.

“I know you'll enjoy chatting with her — she's really funny and smart.”

Adjective

Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way.

“The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.”

Noun

A joke.

Noun

A comic strip.

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: December 18, 2023 (#912).

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

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How FUNNY performs as a guess

FUNNY 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 55.8% of games, misses completely in 44.2%, and leaves about 523 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,005 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALET ARIEL TORSE STIRE REAST
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.34 Entropy (bits)
523 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
77.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUNNY 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,005 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUNNY ranks #14,005 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
631
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
378
6 guesses
45
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
1 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
36%
All gray
44%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FUNNY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1042
220
173
168
105
99
74
71
49
47
37
32
24
19
16
16
15
15
12
10
8
6
6
6
6
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUNNY:

44% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.2% →
TARSE 6.29 bits
9.3% →
SALET 4.92 bits
7.3% →
ARIEL 5.47 bits
7.1% →
TORSE 5.41 bits
4.5% →
STIRE 4.86 bits
4.2% →
REAST 4.75 bits
3.1% →
CADIE 4.81 bits
3.0% →
IRATE 5.32 bits
2.1% →
STIRE 4.78 bits
2.0% →
SLIME 2.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1N1N1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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