- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words matching FA_L_
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This pattern has 8 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: FABLE (January 1, 2026); FAULT (October 24, 2022).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. FABLE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits FA_L_?
All 8 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 3rd letter B, I, L, R, T, U
- 5th letter D, E, S, T, Y
Meanings and answer history
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FABLE
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
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Past Wordle answer: January 1, 2026.
FAULT
Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
“No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.”
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Past Wordle answer: October 24, 2022.
FAILS
third-person singular simple present indicative of fail
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
FALLS
A waterfall.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
FARLE
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
FARLS
plural of farl
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
FATLY
In a fat way; in the manner of a fat person.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
FAULD
The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match FA_L_?
- 8 five-letter words match FA_L_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, FARLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.38 bits against the possible answers.