5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JUDAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“traitor”).

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“Judas-hole”).

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 JUDAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JUDAS 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,585 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___S J in the 1st position and S in the 5th position J__A_ J in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARLE STIPE LEAST DINER CLOTE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.83 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JUDAS 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
0.70 Volatility
#12,585 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JUDAS ranks #12,585 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
685
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
306
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
19%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

584
423
254
161
128
115
98
96
67
60
34
31
31
29
26
17
16
16
14
12
11
11
11
11
10
8
8
8
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JUDAS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
18% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
STIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
TRONE 6.01 bits
17.9% →
CARLE 5.46 bits
10.8% →
STIPE 5.45 bits
6.8% →
LEAST 4.84 bits
5.4% →
DINER 5.39 bits
4.9% →
TRONE 5.34 bits
4.2% →
CLOTE 4.83 bits
4.1% →
GRICE 4.25 bits
2.8% →
BRINE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
SHUNT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8U1D2A1S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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