5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WHOOF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

The sound of a dog barking.

Interjection

The sound of a steam train, steam boat, etc.

Noun

Alternative spelling of woof.

Verb

To make sound like a dog's bark; to bark.

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 WHOOF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHOOF 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 50.7% of games, misses completely in 49.3%, and leaves about 626 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,197 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__O_ W in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__F H in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER CASTE CRATE TRACE RAINY
Words starting with W Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.16 Entropy (bits)
626 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHOOF 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,197 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHOOF ranks #14,197 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
618
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
448
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
23%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1163
228
145
120
118
87
71
52
45
34
21
20
20
18
18
16
14
14
13
13
12
11
10
7
6
6
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHOOF:

49% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
CASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.3% →
RAILE 6.17 bits
9.7% →
TALER 4.95 bits
6.1% →
CASTE 5.13 bits
5.1% →
CRATE 4.80 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.57 bits
3.7% →
TRACE 5.06 bits
3.0% →
RAINY 4.59 bits
2.2% →
SANER 4.80 bits
1.9% →
CRUET 4.42 bits
1.4% →
TRADE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4O1O1F4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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