5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

JOUST

Yes, JOUST was the Wordle answer on December 7, 2022 (Wordle #536).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊst//d͡ʒʌʊst//d͡ʒuːst/

Noun

A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.

“medieval joust”

Verb

To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

“The knights prepared to joust in the tournament.”

Verb

To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)

“verbally joust”

Alternative forms: just

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: December 7, 2022 (#536).

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

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How JOUST performs as a guess

JOUST 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,174 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

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

J___T J in the 1st position and T in the 5th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CRANE TARTE PARLE CARLE MARLE
Words starting with J Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JOUST 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,174 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JOUST ranks #9,174 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
823
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
31%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
D O U B T
J O U S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches JOUST in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
198
174
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145
131
93
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50
46
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32
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOUST:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
7% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
8.4% →
CRANE 5.46 bits
7.4% →
TARTE 5.55 bits
7.2% →
PARLE 5.43 bits
6.1% →
CARLE 4.75 bits
5.6% →
MARLE 4.67 bits
3.9% →
ARIEL 5.06 bits
2.9% →
PHARE 4.79 bits
2.8% →
PLATE 4.52 bits
2.1% →
RANCE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1U1S1T1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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