5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SPIFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɪf/

Noun

Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.

“Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.”

Noun

A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.

Verb

(usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)

Verb

To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.

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 SPIFF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPIFF 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 60.2% of games, misses completely in 39.8%, and leaves about 453 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,980 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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

Try next

ROATE CADET LEANT PARLE CRANE ALURE
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.40 Entropy (bits)
453 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPIFF 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,980 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPIFF ranks #12,980 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
677
4 guesses
1,296
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
26%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

939
240
211
155
150
139
92
46
37
32
30
30
30
29
28
20
20
14
12
12
11
10
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPIFF:

40% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CADET
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.8% →
ROATE 6.10 bits
10.2% →
CADET 5.18 bits
8.9% →
LEANT 5.33 bits
6.6% →
ROATE 5.53 bits
6.4% →
PARLE 5.49 bits
5.9% →
CRANE 4.92 bits
3.9% →
ALURE 5.17 bits
2.0% →
PALET 4.50 bits
1.6% →
LEANT 3.97 bits
1.4% →
FILER 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3I1F4F4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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