5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JIFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of jiff

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 JIFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JIFFS 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 54.2% of games, misses completely in 45.8%, and leaves about 628 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,729 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.02 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___S J in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRANE RONTE STILE ALURE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

2.68 Entropy (bits)
628 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.4% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JIFFS 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.

4.02 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,729 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JIFFS ranks #14,729 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
457
4 guesses
1,324
5 guesses
513
6 guesses
29
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
14%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1080
428
296
149
100
86
32
28
27
16
14
12
11
9
7
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JIFFS:

46% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
18% chance
Suggested:
STARE
13% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.8% →
ROATE 6.07 bits
18.2% →
STARE 5.64 bits
12.6% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
6.3% →
RONTE 4.69 bits
4.2% →
STILE 4.51 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 5.17 bits
1.4% →
SMOTE 3.84 bits
1.2% →
GRACE 4.21 bits
1.1% →
FLIRT 4.46 bits
0.7% →
COLEY 3.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1F4F4S1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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