5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of duff

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 DUFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUFFS 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 58.1% of games, misses completely in 41.9%, and leaves about 525 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,791 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE ARIEL TRONE CARLE SLART STARY
Words starting with D Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.12 Entropy (bits)
525 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUFFS 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,791 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUFFS ranks #13,791 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
617
4 guesses
1,322
5 guesses
366
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
16%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

989
419
175
130
112
96
83
70
35
28
24
22
18
15
13
13
12
11
8
8
8
7
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUFFS:

42% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
18% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.9% →
ROATE 6.04 bits
17.8% →
ROATE 5.60 bits
7.4% →
ARIEL 5.67 bits
5.5% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
4.7% →
CARLE 4.50 bits
4.1% →
ARIEL 5.43 bits
3.5% →
ARIEL 5.14 bits
3.0% →
SLART 4.15 bits
1.5% →
STARY 3.76 bits
1.2% →
PALET 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1F4F4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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