5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HUFFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌfi/

Adjective

Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated.

Adjective

Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy.

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 HUFFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUFFY 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 51.5% of games, misses completely in 48.5%, and leaves about 630 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,593 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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.

H___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__F_ H in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL SARED CRATE STONE STIRE MARLE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.94 Entropy (bits)
630 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUFFY 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,593 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUFFY ranks #14,593 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
560
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
476
6 guesses
33
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:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
25%
All gray
48%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1144
249
222
198
106
89
45
34
34
32
19
17
15
14
13
12
9
9
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUFFY:

49% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
SARED
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.5% →
ARIEL 6.10 bits
10.6% →
SARED 4.89 bits
9.4% →
CRATE 5.72 bits
8.4% →
STONE 5.29 bits
4.5% →
STIRE 4.90 bits
3.8% →
ARIEL 5.46 bits
1.9% →
MARLE 3.09 bits
1.4% →
RAILE 4.48 bits
1.4% →
CORSE 4.08 bits
1.4% →
ROATE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1F4F4Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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