5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WAIFT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form 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 WAIFT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAIFT 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,098 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___T W in the 1st position and T in the 5th position W__F_ W in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER LEARN SOREL LINER SHOER CRONE
Words starting with W Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAIFT 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,098 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAIFT ranks #7,098 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
11
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:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
35%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
310
168
165
144
126
79
72
56
55
52
50
47
45
32
28
27
23
23
22
21
21
20
16
14
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAIFT:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
13% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
7% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
SOLER 5.96 bits
13.1% →
LEARN 5.33 bits
7.1% →
SOREL 4.85 bits
7.0% →
LINER 5.18 bits
6.1% →
SHOER 5.56 bits
5.3% →
CRONE 4.87 bits
3.4% →
CRUSE 5.16 bits
3.1% →
SLATE 4.67 bits
2.4% →
SCALE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
LATTE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1I1F4T1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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