5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DIFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of diff

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of diff

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 DIFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DIFFS 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 62.3% of games, misses completely in 37.7%, and leaves about 451 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,584 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___S D in the 1st position and S in the 5th position D__F_ D in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRANE ALURE PALET STILE
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
451 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.9% 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 opener: v5 benchmark

How DIFFS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,584 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DIFFS ranks #13,584 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
597
4 guesses
1,363
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
15
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
16%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

889
401
231
143
111
92
79
67
52
30
26
25
24
22
17
17
14
12
10
8
7
7
7
5
4
4
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DIFFS:

38% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
17% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.7% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
17.0% →
STARE 5.67 bits
9.8% →
CRANE 5.52 bits
6.1% →
ALURE 5.35 bits
4.7% →
PALET 4.62 bits
3.9% →
STILE 4.49 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 5.14 bits
2.8% →
ROATE 4.72 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.54 bits
1.3% →
SMOTE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2I1F4F4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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