5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BLAFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

to bark

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 BLAFF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLAFF 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 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 413 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,275 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__F_ B in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _L__F L in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARET TOILE STIRE TARSE RONTE
Words starting with B Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.53 Entropy (bits)
413 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLAFF 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,275 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLAFF ranks #13,275 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
665
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
19
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:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
26%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

862
341
207
180
129
68
66
62
43
36
33
32
28
24
24
21
20
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8
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLAFF:

37% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
CARET
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
TRONE 6.15 bits
14.5% →
CARET 5.38 bits
8.8% →
TOILE 4.99 bits
7.6% →
STIRE 5.12 bits
5.5% →
TARSE 4.55 bits
2.9% →
RONTE 5.07 bits
2.8% →
URINE 4.89 bits
2.6% →
SOUCE 4.76 bits
1.8% →
STILE 4.31 bits
1.5% →
CRUET 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1F4F4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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