Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUAFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.0% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kwɒf//kwɑf//kwɔf/

Verb

To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.

“I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could still drive!”

Noun

The act of quaffing; a deep draught.

Noun

Misspelling of coif.

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 QUAFF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUAFF 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 60.4% of games, misses completely in 39.6%, and leaves about 543 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,797 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.06 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.

First-turn measures

2.79 Entropy (bits)
543 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUAFF 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.

4.06 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,797 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUAFF ranks #14,797 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
19
3 guesses
459
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
553
6 guesses
40

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
22%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

37 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

935
516
270
195
139
79
43
29
18
15
14
14
11
10
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6
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4
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3
3
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2
2
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUAFF:

40% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
22% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.6%
TRONE 5.97 bits
21.9%
TALER 5.44 bits
11.4%
STIRE 5.06 bits
8.3%
TRONE 5.41 bits
5.9%
SOCLE 4.29 bits
3.3%
FRITE 5.01 bits
1.8%
SAULT 4.31 bits
1.2%
RAILE 4.35 bits
0.8%
CONTE 3.84 bits
0.6%
SLAKE 3.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1F4F4
Total: 20 points

Words With Friends

Total: 21 points

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