5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WHIFT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% 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 WHIFT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHIFT 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 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,426 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___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 _H__T H in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

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CARLE LINER SOARE SLANE SERAL COREY
Words starting with W Words ending with T

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHIFT 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
0.72 Volatility
#9,426 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHIFT ranks #9,426 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
28%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

817
213
205
141
134
116
78
68
60
54
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31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHIFT:

35% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
LINER
9% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
CARLE 6.12 bits
9.0% →
LINER 5.14 bits
8.7% →
SOARE 5.71 bits
6.0% →
SLANE 5.11 bits
5.7% →
SERAL 5.28 bits
4.9% →
COREY 5.13 bits
3.3% →
LOURE 5.11 bits
2.9% →
SOLER 5.04 bits
2.5% →
SAKER 4.79 bits
2.3% →
TRAIN 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4I1F4T1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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