5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DAFFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.5% of possible answers.

Open Solver with DAFFY Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdæfi/

Adjective

Somewhat mad or eccentric.

Noun

A daffodil.

Noun

Gin.

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 DAFFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DAFFY 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 63.5% of games, misses completely in 36.5%, and leaves about 437 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,922 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.

D___Y D in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position D__F_ D in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE RONTE SILER URINE TRINE
Words starting with D Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.39 Entropy (bits)
437 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DAFFY 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
0.70 Volatility
#13,922 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DAFFY ranks #13,922 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
594
4 guesses
1,334
5 guesses
369
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
30%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

861
432
192
169
121
74
68
55
54
36
30
27
24
24
15
15
14
13
11
11
11
10
9
7
6
6
6
6
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DAFFY:

36% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.5% →
TOISE 6.12 bits
18.3% →
SLATE 5.57 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
7.2% →
SILER 4.59 bits
5.1% →
URINE 5.31 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 5.18 bits
2.9% →
ARISE 4.56 bits
2.3% →
TOILE 4.86 bits
2.3% →
SLART 3.46 bits
1.5% →
SLART 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2A1F4F4Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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