5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JOYED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of joy

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 JOYED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JOYED 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,677 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___D J in the 1st position and D in the 5th position J__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLART ARSON STAIR SAINT SHART
Words starting with J Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JOYED 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,677 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JOYED ranks #12,677 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
662
4 guesses
1,325
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

498
446
216
193
182
105
86
71
45
43
43
41
40
31
28
24
19
19
19
17
17
16
16
15
15
10
9
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOYED:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
19% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
SLANT 6.13 bits
18.9% →
SLART 5.82 bits
9.2% →
ARSON 5.18 bits
8.2% →
STAIR 4.67 bits
7.7% →
SAINT 4.94 bits
4.5% →
SHART 4.58 bits
3.6% →
SNARE 4.22 bits
3.0% →
GEARE 4.43 bits
1.9% →
PEART 4.24 bits
1.8% →
RUDDY 3.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1Y4E1D2
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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