5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REEFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

containing reefs.

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 REEFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REEFY 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,298 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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 _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT COAST SAULT TOISE SORAL
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REEFY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,298 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REEFY ranks #11,298 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

555
323
281
204
195
66
58
49
45
36
36
34
30
27
25
23
22
22
21
21
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12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REEFY:

24% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
12% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
13.7% →
SLANT 5.43 bits
11.9% →
COAST 5.49 bits
8.7% →
SAULT 4.74 bits
8.3% →
TOISE 4.53 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.50 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.85 bits
2.1% →
SORAL 3.82 bits
1.9% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
1.5% →
SLEET 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1E1F4Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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