Five-letter words starting with F and ending in NT (F__NT)

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This pattern has 6 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); FLINT (January 16, 2025); FRONT (September 6, 2021).

Top-ranked splitter AALII
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.59 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use FAINT instead.

AALII 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__NT?

All 6 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter A, E, I, L, O, R
  • 3rd letter E, I, O, U
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.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: September 3, 2024.

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.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: January 16, 2025.

FRONT

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: September 6, 2021.

FEINT

A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

FIENT

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

FOUNT

That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.

“He is a real fount of knowledge!”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match F__NT?
6 five-letter words match F__NT 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, FEINT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.0 bits against the possible answers.
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