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BLUFF

Yes, BLUFF was the Wordle answer on July 30, 2022 (Wordle #406).

As an opener, it rules out about 75.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blʌf//blɐf//blʊf/

Noun

An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.

“That is only bluff, or That is only a bluff.”

Noun

An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

“John’s bet was a bluff: he bet without even so much as a pair.”

Verb

To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is.

“John bluffed by betting without even a pair.”

Verb

To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.

“The government claims it will call an election if this bill does not pass. Is it truly ready to do so, or is it bluffing?”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 30, 2022 (#406).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BLUFF performs as a guess

BLUFF is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 53.2% of games, misses completely in 46.8%, and leaves about 589 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,084 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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

TIARE RAILE STIRE SPANE SHART IRATE
Words starting with B Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.12 Entropy (bits)
589 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
75.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUFF 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,084 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUFF ranks #14,084 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
429
6 guesses
26
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:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
53%
Green tile
22%
All gray
47%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L U N G
B L U F F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLUFF in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1103
315
179
102
101
87
70
47
46
27
26
23
22
19
18
17
17
15
14
13
10
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUFF:

47% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.8% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
13.4% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
7.6% →
STIRE 5.04 bits
4.3% →
SPANE 5.08 bits
4.3% →
SHART 4.94 bits
3.7% →
IRATE 5.26 bits
3.0% →
IRATE 5.22 bits
2.0% →
ROATE 4.71 bits
2.0% →
PRICE 3.98 bits
1.1% →
RAIKE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1F4F4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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