5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POUFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Bouffant.

Adjective

Decorated with fabric, feathers or other material to create an impression of transparent volume and movement.

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 POUFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POUFY 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 67.1% of games, misses completely in 32.9%, and leaves about 328 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,872 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

P___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__F_ P in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RANSE TALER STIRE RANCE SPAER
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
328 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POUFY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,872 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POUFY ranks #10,872 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
35%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

776
255
156
148
141
104
85
83
60
51
45
36
34
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POUFY:

33% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
RANSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.9% →
TARSE 6.20 bits
10.8% →
RANSE 5.30 bits
6.6% →
TALER 4.94 bits
6.3% →
STIRE 5.13 bits
6.0% →
RANCE 4.79 bits
4.4% →
SPAER 5.30 bits
3.6% →
ARIEL 5.29 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.86 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 5.06 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1U1F4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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