5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TURFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːfi//ˈtɝfi/

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf.

Adjective

Relating to or involved with horses or horse-racing.

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 TURFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TURFY 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,995 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__F_ T in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE CANOE SHALE SOLDE HEART SAICE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TURFY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,995 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TURFY ranks #5,995 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
218
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
347
227
160
98
76
60
60
57
52
47
45
39
37
36
35
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25
24
24
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10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TURFY:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
10% chance
Suggested:
SHALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SLANE 6.29 bits
14.7% →
CANOE 5.36 bits
9.6% →
SHALE 5.71 bits
6.8% →
SOLDE 4.92 bits
4.2% →
SLANE 5.02 bits
3.2% →
HEART 4.72 bits
2.5% →
SAICE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
GLACE 4.56 bits
2.4% →
DAINE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
SCONE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1R1F4Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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