5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

CHAFF

CHAFF is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 81.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæf//t͡ʃɑːf/

Noun

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

“To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.”

Noun

Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

Verb

To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.

Verb

To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language.

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

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 CHAFF performs as a guess

CHAFF 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 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 431 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,208 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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.

C___F C in the 1st position and F in the 5th position C__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _H__F H in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER STIRE TORSE RIONE IRONE
Words starting with C Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.49 Entropy (bits)
431 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
81.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAFF 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,208 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAFF ranks #13,208 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
663
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
354
6 guesses
21
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
25%
All gray
37%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
C H A F F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHAFF in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

863
438
173
100
99
88
82
67
45
42
39
33
28
27
23
22
20
19
14
12
11
9
8
8
8
6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAFF:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
19% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
TOILE 5.98 bits
18.6% →
TALER 5.52 bits
7.3% →
STIRE 5.17 bits
4.2% →
STIRE 5.20 bits
4.2% →
TORSE 5.16 bits
3.7% →
RIONE 5.00 bits
3.5% →
IRONE 5.01 bits
2.8% →
TORSE 5.22 bits
1.9% →
TONER 4.38 bits
1.8% →
TUILE 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1F4F4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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