5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kʌfs/

Noun

plural of cuff

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cuff

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 CUFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUFFS 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 58.8% of games, misses completely in 41.2%, and leaves about 501 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,385 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__F_ C in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE RAILE TRONE MARLE SLANT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.24 Entropy (bits)
501 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUFFS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,385 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUFFS ranks #13,385 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
639
4 guesses
1,323
5 guesses
344
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
20%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

972
393
138
137
126
105
90
61
43
36
24
23
18
16
15
14
14
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4
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3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUFFS:

41% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
17% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.2% →
ARIEL 6.09 bits
16.7% →
TIARE 5.70 bits
5.8% →
TIARE 5.45 bits
5.8% →
RAILE 5.27 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.43 bits
4.5% →
MARLE 4.48 bits
3.8% →
ARIEL 5.43 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.26 bits
1.8% →
PLANE 4.38 bits
1.5% →
SALET 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1F4F4S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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