5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BIFFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪ.fi/

Noun

A toilet.

Noun

An outhouse.

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 BIFFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIFFY 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 54.3% of games, misses completely in 45.7%, and leaves about 582 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,568 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__F_ B in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SNARE SARED RONTE SERAL URATE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.03 Entropy (bits)
582 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIFFY 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,568 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIFFY ranks #14,568 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
570
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
458
6 guesses
43
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:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
30%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1077
330
239
130
108
83
60
37
36
28
25
25
21
17
16
12
10
9
9
8
7
7
6
5
5
5
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIFFY:

46% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
14% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.7% →
TARSE 6.27 bits
14.0% →
SNARE 5.33 bits
10.1% →
SARED 4.98 bits
5.5% →
RONTE 4.83 bits
4.6% →
SERAL 5.24 bits
3.5% →
URATE 5.13 bits
2.5% →
ALURE 5.14 bits
1.6% →
SLANT 3.14 bits
1.5% →
PARLE 4.57 bits
1.2% →
FLIRT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1F4F4Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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