5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

FLUFF

Yes, FLUFF was the Wordle answer on July 6, 2022 (Wordle #382).

As an opener, it rules out about 68.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flʌf//flɐf//flʊf/

Noun

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

Noun

Anything inconsequential or superficial.

“That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.”

Verb

To make something fluffy.

“The cat fluffed its tail.”

Verb

To become fluffy, puff up.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 6, 2022 (#382).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FLUFF performs as a guess

FLUFF is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 47.5% of games, misses completely in 52.5%, and leaves about 737 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,787 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.05 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.

F__F_ F in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _L__F L in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE SNORE ANISE SHART IRATE
Words starting with F Words ending with F

First-turn measures

2.57 Entropy (bits)
737 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
68.7% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLUFF 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.

4.05 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,787 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLUFF ranks #14,787 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
464
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
546
6 guesses
39
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
48%
Green tile
20%
All gray
52%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L U N G
F L U F F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FLUFF in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

40 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1237
351
215
132
112
58
54
26
21
20
19
15
15
15
11
7
7
6
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLUFF:

52% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SNORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

52.5% →
TIARE 6.22 bits
14.9% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
9.1% →
SNORE 5.01 bits
5.6% →
ANISE 5.01 bits
4.7% →
SHART 4.91 bits
2.5% →
IRATE 5.03 bits
2.3% →
SAICE 3.72 bits
1.1% →
RAIKE 4.10 bits
0.9% →
SPACE 3.62 bits
0.8% →
TIARE 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1U1F4F4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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