5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHAFT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaf(t)/

Noun

The jaw.

Alternative forms: chaff, chuff

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 CHAFT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHAFT 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,343 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___T C in the 1st position and T in the 5th position C__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _H__T H in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE MARLE ROUSE SLIDE SIREN TARTE
Words starting with C Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHAFT 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,343 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHAFT ranks #3,343 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
11
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
32%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

613
312
147
112
103
89
76
72
71
55
39
37
37
36
33
30
28
25
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHAFT:

26% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
RIONE 6.04 bits
13.2% →
MARLE 5.28 bits
6.2% →
ROUSE 5.36 bits
4.7% →
SLIDE 4.79 bits
4.4% →
SIREN 5.35 bits
3.8% →
TARTE 4.73 bits
3.2% →
SLIER 5.14 bits
3.1% →
FILER 4.96 bits
3.0% →
IRONE 5.00 bits
2.3% →
HORSE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4A1F4T1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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