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SCARF

Yes, SCARF was the Wordle answer on May 14, 2023 (Wordle #694).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɑːf//skɑɹf//skɐːf/

Noun

A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

Noun

A headscarf.

Verb

To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.

Verb

To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.

“She scarfed her head.”

Alternative forms: scarve, scart, skart

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 14, 2023 (#694).

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

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How SCARF performs as a guess

SCARF is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,730 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

S___F S in the 1st position and F in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _C__F C in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TUILE TALER TOISE BLITE CRIPE
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCARF 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,730 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCARF ranks #3,730 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
16
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
P I C K Y
S C A R F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCARF in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

414
252
238
146
135
117
86
66
62
60
53
48
45
44
40
38
35
31
27
24
23
23
21
20
20
19
19
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCARF:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
10.7% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
10.1% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
6.2% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
5.7% →
TUILE 5.20 bits
5.0% →
TALER 4.65 bits
3.6% →
TOISE 5.03 bits
2.8% →
BLITE 4.55 bits
2.6% →
CRIPE 4.59 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1R1F4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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