5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PYUFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 72.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PYUFF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PYUFF 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 50.3% of games, misses completely in 49.7%, and leaves about 647 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,564 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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___F P in the 1st position and F in the 5th position P__F_ P in the 1st position and F in the 4th position

Try next

TIARE TALER CARTE TARSE SLART IRATE
Words starting with P Words ending with F

First-turn measures

2.90 Entropy (bits)
647 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PYUFF 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,564 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PYUFF ranks #14,564 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
15
3 guesses
572
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
446
6 guesses
37
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:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
50%
Green tile
16%
All gray
50%

Feedback distribution

40 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1171
247
191
140
117
102
87
47
26
26
21
18
16
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15
13
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8
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5
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2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PYUFF:

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

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.7% →
TIARE 6.19 bits
10.5% →
TALER 5.02 bits
8.1% →
CARTE 4.91 bits
5.9% →
TARSE 5.52 bits
5.0% →
SLART 4.88 bits
4.3% →
IRATE 5.44 bits
3.7% →
RAINE 5.25 bits
2.0% →
SLART 3.38 bits
1.1% →
SLATE 3.98 bits
1.1% →
TORSE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3Y4U1F4F4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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