5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BIFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of biff

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of biff

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 BIFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIFFS 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 60.9% of games, misses completely in 39.1%, and leaves about 484 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,991 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.

B___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__F_ B in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRANE RONTE STILE ALURE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.17 Entropy (bits)
484 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIFFS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,991 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIFFS ranks #13,991 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
592
4 guesses
1,320
5 guesses
385
6 guesses
21
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
19%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

923
406
264
135
113
96
86
63
31
26
23
20
16
16
14
12
12
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3
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3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIFFS:

39% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
17% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.1% →
ROATE 6.08 bits
17.2% →
STARE 5.62 bits
11.2% →
CRANE 5.51 bits
5.7% →
RONTE 4.69 bits
4.8% →
ROATE 5.20 bits
4.1% →
STILE 4.46 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 5.17 bits
2.7% →
ALURE 5.19 bits
1.3% →
SMOTE 3.85 bits
1.1% →
FLIRT 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1F4F4S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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