5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CHUFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 72.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌf//t͡ʃɐf//t͡ʃʊf/

Adjective

Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.

Adverb

In a chuff manner.

Noun

A coarse or stupid fellow.

Verb

To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.

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 CHUFF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHUFF 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 50.0% of games, misses completely in 50.0%, and leaves about 639 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,977 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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

RAILE SALET TIARE ROATE IRONE ARIEL
Words starting with C Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.08 Entropy (bits)
639 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHUFF 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,977 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHUFF ranks #13,977 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
645
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
406
6 guesses
27
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:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
50%
Green tile
20%
All gray
50%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1179
201
131
120
117
99
94
83
45
32
26
20
17
17
15
14
12
12
11
10
10
10
8
8
5
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHUFF:

50% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
6% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

50.0% →
RAILE 6.13 bits
8.5% →
SALET 4.98 bits
5.6% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
5.1% →
ROATE 5.52 bits
5.0% →
IRONE 5.05 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 5.49 bits
4.0% →
SLART 5.05 bits
3.5% →
TARSE 5.09 bits
1.9% →
POTAE 4.31 bits
1.4% →
ARISE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4U1F4F4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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