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JIFFY

Yes, JIFFY was the Wordle answer on July 12, 2024 (Wordle #1119).

As an opener, it rules out about 68.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪ.fi/

Noun

A very short, unspecified length of time.

“I’ll be back in a jiffy.”

Noun

A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.

Alternative forms: giffy

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 12, 2024 (#1119).

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

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How JIFFY performs as a guess

JIFFY 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 47.8% of games, misses completely in 52.2%, and leaves about 744 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,829 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.09 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___Y J in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE CRANE SARED RONTE URATE LAYER
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.52 Entropy (bits)
744 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
68.4% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JIFFY 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.

4.09 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,829 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JIFFY ranks #14,829 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
430
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
559
6 guesses
62
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:
I

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
P O U N D
F I Z Z Y
J I F F Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches JIFFY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1232
368
262
142
83
42
40
29
25
16
14
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JIFFY:

52% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
16% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
11% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

52.2% →
SOARE 6.17 bits
15.6% →
CRANE 5.36 bits
11.1% →
SARED 4.91 bits
6.0% →
RONTE 4.85 bits
3.5% →
URATE 5.14 bits
1.8% →
LAYER 4.71 bits
1.7% →
SLANT 3.09 bits
1.2% →
FLIRT 4.42 bits
1.1% →
SLANT 3.78 bits
0.7% →
ALONE 3.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1F4F4Y4
Total: 21 points

Words With Friends

Total: 22 points

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