5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHUFA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).

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 CHUFA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHUFA 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,222 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___A C in the 1st position and A in the 5th position C__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN TALER SURGE FILER STONE RONTE
Words starting with C Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHUFA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,222 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHUFA ranks #9,222 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
10
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
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
22%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

629
506
163
71
71
70
70
60
58
57
56
47
44
37
32
27
24
24
21
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHUFA:

27% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
21% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
SURGE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
SIREN 6.03 bits
21.5% →
TALER 5.41 bits
6.9% →
SURGE 5.13 bits
3.0% →
FILER 5.15 bits
3.0% →
STONE 4.64 bits
3.0% →
RONTE 5.13 bits
3.0% →
STIRE 5.06 bits
2.5% →
LEANT 4.43 bits
2.5% →
STIRE 5.17 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4U1F4A1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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