5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TURFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɜː(ɹ)fs//tɜː(ɹ)vz/

Noun

plural of turf

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of turf

Alternative forms: turves

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 TURFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TURFS 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,753 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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

ALONE CANOE PLANE HAOLE LIANE MAILE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TURFS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,753 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TURFS ranks #2,753 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
22%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

529
322
210
147
111
70
66
65
63
63
57
45
39
39
37
37
36
26
24
23
21
19
19
16
16
16
12
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TURFS:

22% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
9% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
ALONE 6.19 bits
13.6% →
CANOE 5.36 bits
8.9% →
PLANE 5.53 bits
6.2% →
HAOLE 5.18 bits
4.7% →
LIANE 4.87 bits
3.0% →
MAILE 4.24 bits
2.8% →
CANOE 4.70 bits
2.8% →
SPANE 4.81 bits
2.7% →
CLONE 4.86 bits
2.7% →
DAINE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1R1F4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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