5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TUFTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtʌfti/

Adjective

Having the form of or resembling a tuft (“a bunch of grass, hair, etc., held together at the base”).

Adjective

Covered in or having many tufts.

Noun

The tufted duck (Aythya fuligula).

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 TUFTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUFTY 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 58.7% of games, misses completely in 41.3%, and leaves about 474 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,588 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__T_ T in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE REAST SORAL SNORE CARLE ARISE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.47 Entropy (bits)
474 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUFTY 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,588 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUFTY ranks #13,588 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
660
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
385
6 guesses
26
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:
TU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
31%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

973
253
220
152
89
83
82
56
54
45
39
33
20
20
19
17
17
14
13
13
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6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUFTY:

41% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
11% chance
Suggested:
REAST
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.3% →
RAISE 6.08 bits
10.7% →
REAST 5.58 bits
9.3% →
SORAL 4.83 bits
6.4% →
SNORE 5.26 bits
3.8% →
CARLE 4.67 bits
3.5% →
ARISE 5.29 bits
3.5% →
PAIRE 5.19 bits
2.4% →
SOARE 4.75 bits
2.3% →
SNORE 4.39 bits
1.9% →
SLIME 2.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1F4T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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