5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TUFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tuff

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 TUFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUFFS 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 61.1% of games, misses completely in 38.9%, and leaves about 443 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,773 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__F_ T in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PAIRE HEART RAINE MARLE CRONE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.43 Entropy (bits)
443 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUFFS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,773 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUFFS ranks #12,773 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
665
4 guesses
1,321
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
14
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
18%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

917
293
220
142
110
102
101
79
51
49
29
27
25
22
22
15
14
12
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10
9
9
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7
7
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4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUFFS:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.9% →
RAILE 6.16 bits
12.4% →
PAIRE 5.51 bits
9.3% →
HEART 5.46 bits
6.0% →
RAILE 4.90 bits
4.7% →
RAINE 5.28 bits
4.3% →
MARLE 4.50 bits
4.3% →
CRONE 5.15 bits
3.4% →
ARIEL 5.25 bits
2.2% →
CARLE 4.15 bits
2.1% →
ALONE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1F4F4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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