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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

CUFFO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.7% 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 CUFFO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUFFO 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 60.1% of games, misses completely in 39.9%, and leaves about 479 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,065 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___O C in the 1st position and O in the 5th position C__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRONE TRACE STALE RAILE SLIER
Words starting with C Words ending with O

First-turn measures

All four describe CUFFO used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.31 Entropy (bits)
479 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How CUFFO 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#14,065 Rank among openers
Opening with CUFFO left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.91 average. It ranks #14,065 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
399
6 guesses
33
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
2 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
20%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

CUFFO can come back 50 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

941 answers
405 answers
141 answers
132 answers
124 answers
103 answers
72 answers
53 answers
48 answers
44 answers
38 answers
31 answers
25 answers
19 answers
18 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
7 answers
6 answers
5 answers
5 answers
5 answers
5 answers

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUFFO:

40% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
6% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.9% →
TARSE 6.26 bits
17.2% →
TRONE 5.25 bits
6.0% →
TARSE 5.29 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 5.30 bits
5.3% →
STALE 4.77 bits
4.4% →
RAILE 5.06 bits
3.1% →
SLIER 5.34 bits
2.2% →
RONTE 4.01 bits
2.0% →
SANER 4.18 bits
1.9% →
THANE 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1F4F4O1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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