5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WERFS

WERFS 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

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 WERFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WERFS 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,837 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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 _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ALINE SAULT TRAIN CADET SLANT
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WERFS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,837 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WERFS ranks #8,837 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
261
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
281
217
199
199
139
97
60
53
51
51
40
25
24
23
21
21
20
19
19
19
18
18
18
16
16
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WERFS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
12% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
TONAL 5.82 bits
11.9% →
ALINE 5.48 bits
9.2% →
SAULT 5.26 bits
8.4% →
TRAIN 5.14 bits
8.4% →
CADET 4.53 bits
5.9% →
SLANT 4.79 bits
4.1% →
BLATE 4.49 bits
2.5% →
COALY 4.55 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.44 bits
2.2% →
FLINT 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4E1R1F4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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