5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WAIFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of waif

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of waif

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 WAIFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAIFS 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,514 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

W___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__F_ W in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET ALERT RONTE TONER THALE CRONE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAIFS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,514 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAIFS ranks #9,514 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
29%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
302
217
198
188
127
115
58
57
55
49
42
41
30
27
24
21
21
19
18
17
13
13
12
11
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAIFS:

21% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
ROUET 5.95 bits
12.8% →
ALERT 5.51 bits
9.2% →
ROUET 5.48 bits
8.4% →
RONTE 5.25 bits
8.0% →
TONER 4.77 bits
5.4% →
THALE 4.65 bits
4.9% →
CRONE 4.80 bits
2.5% →
PROLE 4.08 bits
2.4% →
LOURE 4.85 bits
2.3% →
TRAIL 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1I1F4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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