5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BARFI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An Indian dessert made from sweetened, condensed milk flavoured with fruit and spices.

Alternative forms: borfee, burfee, burfi

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 BARFI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BARFI 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,352 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

B___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__F_ B in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SIENT SLATE TOUSE STONE TRACE
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BARFI 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,352 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BARFI ranks #8,352 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
10
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
289
259
225
147
138
103
72
60
55
45
37
28
26
23
22
21
19
19
18
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12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BARFI:

18% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
STOLE 5.93 bits
12.3% →
SIENT 5.35 bits
11.0% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
9.5% →
TOUSE 5.27 bits
6.2% →
STONE 4.51 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
4.4% →
SPINE 4.30 bits
3.1% →
SHONE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
ANVIL 4.61 bits
2.3% →
CLONE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1R1F4I1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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