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.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊst//d͡ʒʌʊst//d͡ʒuːst/
- Noun
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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
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To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
“The knights prepared to joust in the tournament.”
- Verb
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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
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Playable guess
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Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Used oncePast Wordle answer: December 7, 2022 (#536).
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JOUST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 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 260 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,174 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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First-turn measures
All four describe JOUST used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches JOUST in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
JOUST can come back 74 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for JOUST; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
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Strategy after playing JOUST
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to JOUST.
Quick reference
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Research on JOUST
Game-tree analysis and word research for JOUST, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with JOUST, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.79 guesses and ranks #10,227 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
In hard mode it averages 3.94 guesses at best and is rank #5,055 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.74, at or below the proven-optimal 3.79, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
How it sounds
One syllable Say it JOWST.
Related meanings
In WordNet's sense inventory, JOUST is a kind of battle or fight.
Synonyms tilt
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- JOUST sits in the advanced band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words of written English; the band marks it as an uncommon word many players still recognize.
- Dominant sense
- Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (3.2 of 5).
In a sentence
A medieval joust is held in the town of Arezzo every year.
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).