5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JAFFA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 65.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæfə/

Noun

A type of sweet orange, normally seedless.

Noun

An impotent or infertile male.

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 JAFFA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAFFA 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 46.3% of games, misses completely in 53.7%, and leaves about 817 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,850 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.15 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.

J___A J in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TORSE MOIRE FLAKE STARE
Words starting with J Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.25 Entropy (bits)
817 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
65.3% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAFFA 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.

4.15 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,850 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAFFA ranks #14,850 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
384
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
683
6 guesses
55
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
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
46%
Green tile
18%
All gray
54%

Feedback distribution

35 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1267
490
259
101
36
33
27
16
16
14
13
13
12
12
11
8
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAFFA:

54% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
21% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

53.7% →
TOILE 5.91 bits
20.8% →
SLATE 5.52 bits
11.0% →
TORSE 4.80 bits
4.3% →
TOILE 5.14 bits
1.5% →
MOIRE 4.29 bits
1.4% →
FLAKE 4.23 bits
1.1% →
STARE 3.81 bits
0.7% →
CANAL 3.16 bits
0.7% →
CRUET 3.75 bits
0.6% →
REFIT 3.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1F4F4A1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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