5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUFFI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of buffo

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 BUFFI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUFFI 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 55.9% of games, misses completely in 44.1%, and leaves about 586 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,631 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__F_ B in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__I U in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE STONE MARSE SERAL CRATE
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

2.94 Entropy (bits)
586 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUFFI 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,631 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUFFI ranks #14,631 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
561
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
501
6 guesses
39
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:
IU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
17%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1041
473
191
120
99
75
49
42
37
28
22
18
17
16
15
13
11
9
8
7
6
6
6
5
4
3
3
3
3
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUFFI:

44% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
20% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.1% →
TARSE 6.23 bits
20.1% →
TRINE 5.30 bits
8.1% →
STONE 5.20 bits
5.1% →
MARSE 4.48 bits
4.2% →
SERAL 5.07 bits
3.2% →
CRATE 5.15 bits
2.1% →
LABOR 4.96 bits
1.8% →
TALER 4.67 bits
1.6% →
ANILE 4.19 bits
1.2% →
CADET 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1F4F4I1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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