5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUFFE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bʌf/

Noun

A piece of armor covering either the entire face, or the lower face together with a visor that covered the upper face, typically made of multiple lames that could be opened by being lowered (a falling buffe) or raised.

Alternative forms: buff

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 BUFFE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUFFE 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 67.6% of games, misses completely in 32.4%, and leaves about 398 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,080 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__F_ B in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER STAIR SHUNT SHALY ROANY
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.47 Entropy (bits)
398 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUFFE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,080 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUFFE ranks #14,080 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
617
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
405
6 guesses
27
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
2 vowels
Common:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
33%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

765
472
283
140
107
75
66
48
38
37
29
27
26
24
19
16
16
15
14
13
12
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11
10
9
8
8
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUFFE:

32% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
20% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.4% →
TRAIL 5.88 bits
20.0% →
ALTER 5.23 bits
12.0% →
STAIR 5.01 bits
5.9% →
SHUNT 5.09 bits
4.5% →
SHALY 4.29 bits
3.2% →
ROANY 4.72 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.97 bits
2.0% →
SAUNT 4.15 bits
1.6% →
ARIEL 4.54 bits
1.6% →
LEARE 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1F4F4E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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