5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUFTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 BUFTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUFTY 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 64.5% of games, misses completely in 35.5%, and leaves about 384 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,822 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SOARE SORAL SNORE LIANE ARISE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
384 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUFTY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,822 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUFTY ranks #10,822 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
TU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
31%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

838
331
198
130
95
79
77
65
60
41
37
35
35
27
24
20
19
18
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15
14
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9
9
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8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUFTY:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
14% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.5% →
RAISE 6.12 bits
14.0% →
SOARE 5.66 bits
8.4% →
SORAL 4.91 bits
5.5% →
SNORE 5.22 bits
4.0% →
LIANE 5.35 bits
3.3% →
ARISE 5.28 bits
3.3% →
SLIER 4.89 bits
2.8% →
SNORE 4.55 bits
2.5% →
SOARE 4.73 bits
1.7% →
LABOR 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1F4T1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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