5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DEFFO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfəʊ/

Adjective

Definite.

Adverb

Definitely.

“He told me that he's deffo going to be there tonight.”

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 DEFFO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DEFFO 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 336 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,670 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___O D in the 1st position and O in the 5th position D__F_ D in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TARSE ROOST SNORE SLART RAINE
Words starting with D Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.59 Entropy (bits)
336 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DEFFO 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,670 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DEFFO ranks #13,670 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
614
4 guesses
1,333
5 guesses
354
6 guesses
19
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
18%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

618
485
318
157
156
81
74
51
49
39
35
34
31
22
22
18
18
15
15
12
8
8
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DEFFO:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
21% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROOST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
SAINT 6.04 bits
20.6% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
13.5% →
ROOST 5.16 bits
6.7% →
SNORE 4.52 bits
6.6% →
SLART 4.97 bits
3.4% →
RAINE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
NADIR 4.70 bits
2.2% →
WORLD 4.15 bits
2.1% →
SAINT 4.76 bits
1.7% →
TARGE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2E1F4F4O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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