5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SCUFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skʌf//skɐf//skʊf/

Verb

To scrape the feet while walking.

Verb

To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)

Noun

A mark left by scuffing or scraping.

“Someone left scuff marks in the sand.”

Noun

The sound of a scuff or scrape.

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 SCUFF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCUFF 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 58.8% of games, misses completely in 41.2%, and leaves about 489 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,355 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.

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

Try next

ARIEL CHARE PLATE LATER ROATE TRONE
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.26 Entropy (bits)
489 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCUFF 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,355 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCUFF ranks #13,355 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
641
4 guesses
1,335
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
17
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
23%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

972
266
254
160
156
96
71
42
39
27
27
24
23
22
18
18
17
14
12
11
10
9
8
5
5
4
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCUFF:

41% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
CHARE
11% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.2% →
ARIEL 6.09 bits
11.3% →
CHARE 5.52 bits
10.8% →
PLATE 5.41 bits
6.8% →
LATER 4.93 bits
6.6% →
ROATE 5.58 bits
4.1% →
ARIEL 5.43 bits
3.0% →
TRONE 4.86 bits
1.8% →
CLINE 4.01 bits
1.7% →
HOISE 3.89 bits
1.1% →
PHARE 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3U1F4F4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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