5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TOFUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of tophus.

Noun

plural of tofu

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 TOFUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TOFUS 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,870 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

T___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PARLE CRANE HEART CARLE PEART
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TOFUS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,870 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TOFUS ranks #5,870 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

596
210
187
159
138
134
105
79
64
63
56
46
39
28
25
22
22
22
22
20
17
17
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14
14
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12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TOFUS:

25% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
8.9% →
PARLE 5.58 bits
7.9% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
6.7% →
HEART 5.50 bits
5.8% →
CARLE 5.03 bits
5.7% →
CARLE 4.73 bits
4.5% →
PEART 4.73 bits
3.3% →
RAINE 5.04 bits
2.7% →
SLANE 4.14 bits
2.7% →
FLIER 5.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1O1F4U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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