5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

RAFFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% 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 RAFFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RAFFY 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,301 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

R___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__F_ R in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE TRACE SIDLE CLOTE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RAFFY 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,301 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RAFFY ranks #13,301 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
649
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
351
6 guesses
20
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
30%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

629
358
325
175
166
141
56
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAFFY:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
TOILE 6.16 bits
15.2% →
TOISE 5.61 bits
13.8% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
7.4% →
TRACE 4.74 bits
7.0% →
SIDLE 4.67 bits
6.0% →
CLOTE 4.68 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 3.61 bits
2.2% →
CLOTE 3.89 bits
2.1% →
SEINE 4.40 bits
1.9% →
CLINE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1A1F4F4Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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