5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JAPER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who japes; a joker.

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 JAPER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAPER 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,455 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

J___R J in the 1st position and R in the 5th position J__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SLANT COURT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with J Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAPER 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,455 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAPER ranks #10,455 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
22
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
248
183
173
137
128
115
105
95
85
73
67
41
39
33
31
31
28
26
24
21
20
20
20
14
13
13
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAPER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
10.5% →
TOILE 5.27 bits
7.8% →
SLANT 5.30 bits
7.3% →
COURT 5.08 bits
5.8% →
SLATE 4.97 bits
5.4% →
SONLY 4.56 bits
4.9% →
TOISE 4.57 bits
4.5% →
CRAFT 4.14 bits
4.0% →
SOILY 3.49 bits
3.6% →
OLDEN 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1P3E1R1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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