5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JAPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of jape

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jape

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 JAPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAPES 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,325 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___S J in the 1st position and S in the 5th position J__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT NOIRE TRAIL OLDER DEALT SOUTH
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAPES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,325 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAPES ranks #11,325 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
18
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
272
217
172
162
160
136
92
81
68
49
43
39
39
36
35
33
27
24
20
18
17
13
13
12
12
12
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAPES:

18% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
COUNT 5.71 bits
11.5% →
NOIRE 5.11 bits
9.2% →
TRAIL 5.28 bits
7.3% →
OLDER 4.20 bits
6.9% →
DEALT 4.78 bits
6.8% →
SOUTH 5.01 bits
5.8% →
CANDY 3.99 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.54 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.58 bits
2.9% →
POUTY 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1P3E1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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