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PUFFY

Yes, PUFFY was the Wordle answer on May 3, 2026 (Wordle #1779).

As an opener, it rules out about 72.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌfi/

Adjective

Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.

Adjective

Coming or exhaling in puffs.

“puffy breath”

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: May 3, 2026 (#1779).

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

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How PUFFY performs as a guess

PUFFY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 50.3% of games, misses completely in 49.7%, and leaves about 644 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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TIARE TALER STONE TARSE TRICE ARIEL
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.95 Entropy (bits)
644 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
72.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUFFY 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUFFY ranks #14,486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
581
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
443
6 guesses
36

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
50%
Green tile
28%
All gray
50%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L I N G
P U F F Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PUFFY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1172
226
196
140
112
101
87
44
39
26
25
24
20
16
14
13
12
9
8
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUFFY:

50% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.7% →
TIARE 6.19 bits
9.6% →
TALER 4.83 bits
8.3% →
STONE 5.27 bits
5.9% →
TARSE 5.52 bits
4.7% →
TRICE 4.74 bits
4.3% →
ARIEL 5.45 bits
3.7% →
RAINE 5.25 bits
1.9% →
SLART 3.26 bits
1.7% →
LATER 4.75 bits
1.1% →
STURE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1F4F4Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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