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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

WHIFF

Yes, WHIFF was the Wordle answer on April 17, 2023 (Wordle #667).

As an opener, it rules out about 72.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɪf//ʍɪf//wəf/

Noun

A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.

Noun

A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.

Verb

To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.

Verb

To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 17, 2023 (#667).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How WHIFF performs as a guess

WHIFF is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 51.0% of games, misses completely in 49.0%, and leaves about 643 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,535 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

W__F_ W in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _H__F H in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TALER SLANE COATE ALURE STRAE
Words starting with W Words ending with F

First-turn measures

2.91 Entropy (bits)
643 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
72.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHIFF 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,535 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHIFF ranks #14,535 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
560
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
472
6 guesses
31

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
20%
All gray
49%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C H I C K
W H I F F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WHIFF in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1156
298
186
170
92
87
81
36
33
31
21
15
11
10
10
9
8
7
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHIFF:

49% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.0% →
ROATE 6.04 bits
12.6% →
TALER 5.13 bits
7.9% →
SLANE 5.08 bits
7.2% →
COATE 5.25 bits
3.9% →
ALURE 5.20 bits
3.7% →
STRAE 5.19 bits
3.4% →
SOREL 5.07 bits
1.5% →
GRADE 4.57 bits
1.4% →
REACT 3.79 bits
1.3% →
FILER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4I1F4F4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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