5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TREFA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of treyf.

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 TREFA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TREFA 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 87.3% of games, misses completely in 12.7%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,051 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___A T in the 1st position and A in the 5th position T__F_ T in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _R__A R in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY NOISE SONLY SEINE SABLE HOIST
Words starting with T Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TREFA 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,051 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TREFA ranks #3,051 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
26%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

300
216
197
145
136
121
85
80
80
63
59
58
50
49
41
36
29
29
28
27
24
24
23
22
21
20
17
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TREFA:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
SOILY 5.77 bits
9.2% →
NOISE 5.21 bits
8.4% →
SONLY 5.21 bits
6.1% →
SEINE 4.51 bits
5.8% →
SABLE 4.58 bits
5.1% →
HOIST 5.19 bits
3.6% →
CAROL 4.39 bits
3.4% →
SORRY 4.78 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 4.48 bits
2.7% →
PALER 3.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1E1F4A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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