- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words matching F_IN_
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This pattern has 7 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: FAINT (September 3, 2024); FLING (October 25, 2021); FLINT (January 16, 2025).
AARGH does not fit this page's clues. FAINT 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 F_IN_?
All 7 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter A, E, L, O
- 5th letter E, G, S, T
Meanings and answer history
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FAINT
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
“I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 3, 2024.
FLING
An act of throwing, often violently.
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Past Wordle answer: October 25, 2021.
FLINT
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
“He used flint to make a fire.”
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Past Wordle answer: January 16, 2025.
FAINE
Obsolete spelling of fane.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
FAINS
third-person singular simple present indicative of fain
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
FEINT
A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
FOINS
third-person singular simple present indicative of foin
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match F_IN_?
- 7 five-letter words match F_IN_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, FAINE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.22 bits against the possible answers.