5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TUFTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tuft

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tuft

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 TUFTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUFTS 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 429 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,381 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PAIRE ALERT SPAER MARLE CRONE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
429 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUFTS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,381 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUFTS ranks #11,381 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
15
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
21%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

917
293
156
112
102
101
89
89
51
47
38
29
26
24
22
17
17
16
15
14
14
14
12
10
9
9
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUFTS:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

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
6.6% →
ALERT 5.26 bits
4.7% →
SPAER 4.85 bits
4.3% →
MARLE 4.50 bits
4.3% →
CRONE 5.15 bits
3.8% →
ARIEL 5.30 bits
3.8% →
RAINE 5.23 bits
2.2% →
CARLE 4.15 bits
2.0% →
MORAE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1F4T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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