5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VIFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of viff

Noun

plural of viff

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 VIFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VIFFS 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 56.9% of games, misses completely in 43.1%, and leaves about 561 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,479 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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.

V___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRANE RONTE STILE ALURE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

2.96 Entropy (bits)
561 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIFFS 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,479 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIFFS ranks #14,479 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
545
4 guesses
1,310
5 guesses
444
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
14%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1017
412
277
126
102
85
63
28
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27
19
17
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12
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3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIFFS:

43% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
17% chance
Suggested:
STARE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.1% →
ROATE 6.05 bits
17.5% →
STARE 5.64 bits
11.7% →
CRANE 5.50 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.68 bits
4.3% →
STILE 4.51 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 5.21 bits
2.7% →
LAREE 5.08 bits
1.2% →
GRACE 4.21 bits
1.2% →
SMOTE 3.77 bits
1.1% →
FLIRT 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1F4F4S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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