5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JUSTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of just

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of 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

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 JUSTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JUSTS 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 57.3% of games, misses completely in 42.7%, and leaves about 518 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,022 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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__T_ J in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TREAT PARLE ARISE CLONE MARLE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.17 Entropy (bits)
518 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JUSTS 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#14,022 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JUSTS ranks #14,022 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
599
4 guesses
1,310
5 guesses
390
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
17%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1006
290
262
127
119
106
79
56
50
27
25
19
19
19
15
15
12
11
8
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JUSTS:

43% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
11% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.7% →
RAILE 6.17 bits
12.3% →
TREAT 5.47 bits
11.1% →
PARLE 5.51 bits
5.4% →
ARISE 4.84 bits
5.0% →
CLONE 5.11 bits
4.5% →
MARLE 4.43 bits
3.4% →
FAIRE 4.61 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 4.53 bits
2.1% →
CARLE 4.19 bits
1.1% →
RIONE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8U1S1T1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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