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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DRAFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /dɹæf//dɹɑːf/

Noun

A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

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 DRAFF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DRAFF 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 300 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,320 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__F_ D in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _R__F R in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SALET SORER STILE TALER CONTE
Words starting with D Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
300 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DRAFF 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,320 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DRAFF ranks #12,320 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
21
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
322
279
157
144
114
102
52
51
50
47
39
32
29
23
21
18
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DRAFF:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
12% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
13.7% →
SALET 5.33 bits
11.8% →
SORER 5.30 bits
6.7% →
STILE 5.25 bits
6.1% →
TALER 4.66 bits
4.8% →
CONTE 4.79 bits
4.3% →
TUILE 5.23 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.73 bits
2.2% →
ALONE 4.34 bits
2.1% →
TUILE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2R1A1F4F4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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