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Very unlikely Accepted guess C tier for first-turn info

QADIS

QADIS is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of qadi

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Related meanings by dictionary sense

noun — base form qadi

an Islamic judge

Open English WordNet, 2025 edition, CC BY 4.0. Source dictionary. Senses are kept separate; no puzzle appearance is assigned to a meaning without evidence.

Use QADIS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How QADIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QADIS as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,651 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

Q___S Q in the 1st position and S in the 5th position Q__I_ Q in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in QADIS.

First-turn measures

All four describe QADIS 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.

4.07 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How QADIS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.79% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#11,651 Rank among openers
Opening with QADIS left 5 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.80 average. It ranks #11,651 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

When QADIS is useful later

QADIS tied for the smallest expected survivor count in 3 of 54 sampled positions where it was legal. This designed sample is not a measure of how often real players should use it.

After AUDIO: 3 candidates, normal mode

AUDIO: 11200 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: LADDU, SADHU, UNDAM.

With a budget of 5 more guesses, QADIS is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After ROATE: 3 candidates, normal mode

ROATE: 10101 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

AWNER: 10011 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

ZEBRA: 01012 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: CREMA, ERICA, PRESA.

With a budget of 3 more guesses, QADIS is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After SALET: 3 candidates, normal mode

SALET: 01000 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

BORAK: 00010 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

ADUNC: 22010 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: ADAWN, ADDIN, ADMIN.

With a budget of 3 more guesses, QADIS is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds QADIS

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 492 after. This feedback leaves 492 candidates.

    All 492 surviving candidates

    AAPAS, BAALS, BAAPS, BABAS, BABUS, BACHS, BACKS, BAFFS, BAGHS, BAHUS, BAIKS, BAILS, BAJUS, BALAS, BALDS, BALKS, BALLS, BALMS, BALUS, BAMAS, BANCS, BANDS, BANGS, BANKS, BANNS, BAONS, BAPUS, BASAL, BASAN, BASAS, BASHA, BASHO, BASIC, BASIJ, BASIL, BASIN, BASIS, BASKS, BASON, BAUDS, BAUKS, BAWDS, BAWKS, BAWLS, BAWNS, BAYAS, BAZAS, CABAS, CACAS, CACKS, CADIS, CAFFS, CAIDS, CAINS, CALFS, CALKS, CALLS, CALMS, CALOS, CALPS, CAMAS, CAMIS, CAMOS, CAMPS, CAMUS, CANGS, CANNS, CAPAS, CAPHS, CAPOS, CASAS, CASCO, CASKS, CASKY, CASUS, CAUKS, CAULS, CAUMS, CAUPS, CAVAS, CAVUS, CAWKS, DAALS, DACKS, DADAS, DADIS, DADOS, DAFFS, DAGOS, DAHIS, DAHLS, DALIS, DAMNS, DAMPS, DANGS, DANKS, DASHI, DASHY, DAUBS, DAUDS, DAWDS, DAWGS, DAWKS, DAWNS, FADOS, FAFFS, FAIKS, FAILS, FAINS, FALLS, FANDS, FANGS, FANKS, FANOS, FASCI, FAUNS, FAVAS, FAVUS, FAWNS, GADIS, GAFFS, GAIDS, GAINS, GAJOS, GALAS, GALIS, GALLS, GAMAS, GAMBS, GAMPS, GANGS, GANKS, GAOLS, GAPOS, GASHY, GASPS, GASPY, GAUDS, GAUMS, GAUPS, GAWDS, GAWKS, GAWPS, HAAFS, HABUS, HACKS, HAFFS, HAGGS, HAHAS, HAIKS, HAILS, HAINS, HAJIS, HAKAS, HAKUS, HALFS, HALLS, HALMS, HALOS, HANDS, HANGS, HANKS, HAPAS, HAPUS, HASHY, HASKS, HASPS, HAUDS, HAUFS, HAULS, HAUNS, HAWKS, HAWMS, IAMBS, JAAPS, JACKS, JAFAS, JAGAS, JAGGS, JAILS, JAMBS, JANNS, JASPS, JAUKS, JAUPS, JAVAS, JAWNS, KACKS, KADIS, KAGOS, KAGUS, KAIDS, KAIFS, KAIKS, KAILS, KAIMS, KAINS, KAKAS, KAKIS, KALAS, KALIS, KAMAS, KAMIS, KANAS, KANGS, KAONS, KAPAS, KAPHS, KAPUS, KASHA, KAVAS, KAWAS, KAYOS, KAZIS, LABIS, LACIS, LACKS, LAICS, LAIDS, LAIKS, LAKHS, LALLS, LAMAS, LAMBS, LAMPS, LANAS, LANDS, LANKS, LAPAS, LAPIS, LAUDS, LAUFS, LAVAS, LAWKS, LAWNS, LAZOS, MACAS, MACHS, MACKS, MADOS, MAGAS, MAGGS, MAGUS, MAHIS, MAIDS, MAIKS, MAILS, MAIMS, MAINS, MAJAS, MAJOS, MAKIS, MAKOS, MALAS, MALIS, MALLS, MALMS, MALUS, MAMAS, MANAS, MANDS, MANGS, MANIS, MANKS, MANOS, MANUS, MASAS, MASHA, MASHY, MASKS, MASON, MASUS, MAUDS, MAULS, MAUMS, MAVIS, MAWKS, MAWNS, MAWPS, MAXIS, MAYAS, MAYOS, MAZAS, NAAMS, NAANS, NABIS, NABKS, NADAS, NAFFS, NAGAS, NAIBS, NAIDS, NAIFS, NAIKS, NAILS, NAINS, NAIOS, NAKAS, NALAS, NAMUS, NANAS, NANOS, NAPAS, NASAL, NASHI, NASHO, NASIS, NASON, NASUS, NAZIS, OAFOS, OASAL, OASIS, PAALS, PAANS, PACAS, PACKS, PACOS, PADAS, PADIS, PAHOS, PAHUS, PAIKS, PAILS, PAINS, PAIPS, PALAS, PALIS, PALLS, PALMS, PALPS, PALUS, PANDS, PANGS, PANKS, PAPAS, PASAG, PASCH, PASHA, PASHM, PASKA, PASMO, PASPY, PAUAS, PAULS, PAVAS, PAVIS, PAWAS, PAWKS, PAWLS, PAWNS, QADIS, QAIDS, SAAGS, SABAL, SABHA, SABIN, SABJI, SABOS, SABZI, SACKS, SADDO, SADDY, SADHU, SADIC, SADIS, SADLY, SADOS, SADZA, SAGAS, SAGGY, SAGOS, SAGUM, SAHAB, SAHIB, SAICK, SAICS, SAIDS, SAIGA, SAILS, SAIMS, SAINS, SAJOU, SAKAI, SAKIA, SAKIS, SALAD, SALAL, SALAS, SALIC, SALIS, SALIX, SALLY, SALMI, SALOL, SALON, SALOP, SALPA, SALPS, SALUD, SALVO, SAMAN, SAMAS, SAMBA, SAMBO, SAMFI, SAMFU, SAMMY, SAMPI, SAMPS, SANAD, SANDS, SANDY, SANGA, SANGH, SANGO, SANGS, SANKO, SAOLA, SAPAN, SAPID, SAPPY, SASIN, SAUBA, SAUCH, SAUCY, SAUGH, SAULS, SAUNA, SAUNF, SAVIN, SAVOY, SAVVY, SAWAH, SAYAS, SAYID, SAYON, VACAS, VADAS, VAGUS, VAIDS, VAILS, VAKAS, VALIS, VAMPS, VANGS, VASAL, WAACS, WACKS, WADAS, WADDS, WADIS, WAFFS, WAIFS, WAILS, WAINS, WAKAS, WAKFS, WALDS, WALIS, WALKS, WALLS, WAMUS, WANDS, WANGS, WANKS, WAQFS, WASHI, WASHY, WASMS, WASPS, WASPY, WAUKS, WAULS, WAWAS, WAWLS, YABAS, YACKS, YAFFS, YAGIS, YANGS, YANKS, YAPPS, YAUDS, YAUPS, YAWLS, YAWNS, YAWPS, YAYAS, ZACKS, ZAMIS, ZAWNS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test POLES against the 492 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    492 before → 228 after. This feedback leaves 228 candidates.

    All 228 surviving candidates

    BABAS, BABUS, BACHS, BACKS, BAFFS, BAGHS, BAHUS, BAIKS, BAJUS, BAMAS, BANCS, BANDS, BANGS, BANKS, BANNS, BASAS, BASIS, BASKS, BAUDS, BAUKS, BAWDS, BAWKS, BAWNS, BAYAS, BAZAS, CABAS, CACAS, CACKS, CADIS, CAFFS, CAIDS, CAINS, CAMAS, CAMIS, CAMUS, CANGS, CANNS, CASAS, CASKS, CASUS, CAUKS, CAUMS, CAVAS, CAVUS, CAWKS, DACKS, DADAS, DADIS, DAFFS, DAHIS, DAMNS, DANGS, DANKS, DAUBS, DAUDS, DAWDS, DAWGS, DAWKS, DAWNS, FAFFS, FAIKS, FAINS, FANDS, FANGS, FANKS, FAUNS, FAVAS, FAVUS, FAWNS, GADIS, GAFFS, GAIDS, GAINS, GAMAS, GAMBS, GANGS, GANKS, GAUDS, GAUMS, GAWDS, GAWKS, HAAFS, HABUS, HACKS, HAFFS, HAGGS, HAHAS, HAIKS, HAINS, HAJIS, HAKAS, HAKUS, HANDS, HANGS, HANKS, HASKS, HAUDS, HAUFS, HAUNS, HAWKS, HAWMS, IAMBS, JACKS, JAFAS, JAGAS, JAGGS, JAMBS, JANNS, JAUKS, JAVAS, JAWNS, KACKS, KADIS, KAGUS, KAIDS, KAIFS, KAIKS, KAIMS, KAINS, KAKAS, KAKIS, KAMAS, KAMIS, KANAS, KANGS, KAVAS, KAWAS, KAZIS, MACAS, MACHS, MACKS, MAGAS, MAGGS, MAGUS, MAHIS, MAIDS, MAIKS, MAIMS, MAINS, MAJAS, MAKIS, MAMAS, MANAS, MANDS, MANGS, MANIS, MANKS, MANUS, MASAS, MASKS, MASUS, MAUDS, MAUMS, MAVIS, MAWKS, MAWNS, MAXIS, MAYAS, MAZAS, NAAMS, NAANS, NABIS, NABKS, NADAS, NAFFS, NAGAS, NAIBS, NAIDS, NAIFS, NAIKS, NAINS, NAKAS, NAMUS, NANAS, NASIS, NASUS, NAZIS, QADIS, QAIDS, SAAGS, SACKS, SADIS, SAGAS, SAICS, SAIDS, SAIMS, SAINS, SAKIS, SAMAS, SANDS, SANGS, SAYAS, VACAS, VADAS, VAGUS, VAIDS, VAKAS, VANGS, WAACS, WACKS, WADAS, WADDS, WADIS, WAFFS, WAIFS, WAINS, WAKAS, WAKFS, WAMUS, WANDS, WANGS, WANKS, WAQFS, WASMS, WAUKS, WAWAS, YABAS, YACKS, YAFFS, YAGIS, YANGS, YANKS, YAUDS, YAWNS, YAYAS, ZACKS, ZAMIS, ZAWNS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 18.385. Information: 2.689 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test MANKS against the 228 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    228 before → 75 after. This feedback leaves 75 candidates.

    All 75 surviving candidates

    BABAS, BABUS, BACHS, BAFFS, BAGHS, BAHUS, BAJUS, BASAS, BASIS, BAUDS, BAWDS, BAYAS, BAZAS, CABAS, CACAS, CADIS, CAFFS, CAIDS, CASAS, CASUS, CAVAS, CAVUS, DADAS, DADIS, DAFFS, DAHIS, DAUBS, DAUDS, DAWDS, DAWGS, FAFFS, FAVAS, FAVUS, GADIS, GAFFS, GAIDS, GAUDS, GAWDS, HAAFS, HABUS, HAFFS, HAGGS, HAHAS, HAJIS, HAUDS, HAUFS, JAFAS, JAGAS, JAGGS, JAVAS, QADIS, QAIDS, SAAGS, SADIS, SAGAS, SAICS, SAIDS, SAYAS, VACAS, VADAS, VAGUS, VAIDS, WAACS, WADAS, WADDS, WADIS, WAFFS, WAIFS, WAQFS, WAWAS, YABAS, YAFFS, YAGIS, YAUDS, YAYAS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 37.012. Information: 3.193 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test WADAS against the 75 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    75 before → 5 after. This feedback leaves 5 candidates.

    All 5 surviving candidates

    CADIS, DADIS, GADIS, QADIS, SADIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 14.866. Information: 2.744 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test CAGES against the 5 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    5 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    DADIS, QADIS, SADIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 2.2. Information: 1.371 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  6. Test DADIS against the 3 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    3 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    QADIS, SADIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.667. Information: 0.918 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

This policy did not solve within six guesses.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 492 after. This feedback leaves 492 candidates.

    All 492 surviving candidates

    AAPAS, BAALS, BAAPS, BABAS, BABUS, BACHS, BACKS, BAFFS, BAGHS, BAHUS, BAIKS, BAILS, BAJUS, BALAS, BALDS, BALKS, BALLS, BALMS, BALUS, BAMAS, BANCS, BANDS, BANGS, BANKS, BANNS, BAONS, BAPUS, BASAL, BASAN, BASAS, BASHA, BASHO, BASIC, BASIJ, BASIL, BASIN, BASIS, BASKS, BASON, BAUDS, BAUKS, BAWDS, BAWKS, BAWLS, BAWNS, BAYAS, BAZAS, CABAS, CACAS, CACKS, CADIS, CAFFS, CAIDS, CAINS, CALFS, CALKS, CALLS, CALMS, CALOS, CALPS, CAMAS, CAMIS, CAMOS, CAMPS, CAMUS, CANGS, CANNS, CAPAS, CAPHS, CAPOS, CASAS, CASCO, CASKS, CASKY, CASUS, CAUKS, CAULS, CAUMS, CAUPS, CAVAS, CAVUS, CAWKS, DAALS, DACKS, DADAS, DADIS, DADOS, DAFFS, DAGOS, DAHIS, DAHLS, DALIS, DAMNS, DAMPS, DANGS, DANKS, DASHI, DASHY, DAUBS, DAUDS, DAWDS, DAWGS, DAWKS, DAWNS, FADOS, FAFFS, FAIKS, FAILS, FAINS, FALLS, FANDS, FANGS, FANKS, FANOS, FASCI, FAUNS, FAVAS, FAVUS, FAWNS, GADIS, GAFFS, GAIDS, GAINS, GAJOS, GALAS, GALIS, GALLS, GAMAS, GAMBS, GAMPS, GANGS, GANKS, GAOLS, GAPOS, GASHY, GASPS, GASPY, GAUDS, GAUMS, GAUPS, GAWDS, GAWKS, GAWPS, HAAFS, HABUS, HACKS, HAFFS, HAGGS, HAHAS, HAIKS, HAILS, HAINS, HAJIS, HAKAS, HAKUS, HALFS, HALLS, HALMS, HALOS, HANDS, HANGS, HANKS, HAPAS, HAPUS, HASHY, HASKS, HASPS, HAUDS, HAUFS, HAULS, HAUNS, HAWKS, HAWMS, IAMBS, JAAPS, JACKS, JAFAS, JAGAS, JAGGS, JAILS, JAMBS, JANNS, JASPS, JAUKS, JAUPS, JAVAS, JAWNS, KACKS, KADIS, KAGOS, KAGUS, KAIDS, KAIFS, KAIKS, KAILS, KAIMS, KAINS, KAKAS, KAKIS, KALAS, KALIS, KAMAS, KAMIS, KANAS, KANGS, KAONS, KAPAS, KAPHS, KAPUS, KASHA, KAVAS, KAWAS, KAYOS, KAZIS, LABIS, LACIS, LACKS, LAICS, LAIDS, LAIKS, LAKHS, LALLS, LAMAS, LAMBS, LAMPS, LANAS, LANDS, LANKS, LAPAS, LAPIS, LAUDS, LAUFS, LAVAS, LAWKS, LAWNS, LAZOS, MACAS, MACHS, MACKS, MADOS, MAGAS, MAGGS, MAGUS, MAHIS, MAIDS, MAIKS, MAILS, MAIMS, MAINS, MAJAS, MAJOS, MAKIS, MAKOS, MALAS, MALIS, MALLS, MALMS, MALUS, MAMAS, MANAS, MANDS, MANGS, MANIS, MANKS, MANOS, MANUS, MASAS, MASHA, MASHY, MASKS, MASON, MASUS, MAUDS, MAULS, MAUMS, MAVIS, MAWKS, MAWNS, MAWPS, MAXIS, MAYAS, MAYOS, MAZAS, NAAMS, NAANS, NABIS, NABKS, NADAS, NAFFS, NAGAS, NAIBS, NAIDS, NAIFS, NAIKS, NAILS, NAINS, NAIOS, NAKAS, NALAS, NAMUS, NANAS, NANOS, NAPAS, NASAL, NASHI, NASHO, NASIS, NASON, NASUS, NAZIS, OAFOS, OASAL, OASIS, PAALS, PAANS, PACAS, PACKS, PACOS, PADAS, PADIS, PAHOS, PAHUS, PAIKS, PAILS, PAINS, PAIPS, PALAS, PALIS, PALLS, PALMS, PALPS, PALUS, PANDS, PANGS, PANKS, PAPAS, PASAG, PASCH, PASHA, PASHM, PASKA, PASMO, PASPY, PAUAS, PAULS, PAVAS, PAVIS, PAWAS, PAWKS, PAWLS, PAWNS, QADIS, QAIDS, SAAGS, SABAL, SABHA, SABIN, SABJI, SABOS, SABZI, SACKS, SADDO, SADDY, SADHU, SADIC, SADIS, SADLY, SADOS, SADZA, SAGAS, SAGGY, SAGOS, SAGUM, SAHAB, SAHIB, SAICK, SAICS, SAIDS, SAIGA, SAILS, SAIMS, SAINS, SAJOU, SAKAI, SAKIA, SAKIS, SALAD, SALAL, SALAS, SALIC, SALIS, SALIX, SALLY, SALMI, SALOL, SALON, SALOP, SALPA, SALPS, SALUD, SALVO, SAMAN, SAMAS, SAMBA, SAMBO, SAMFI, SAMFU, SAMMY, SAMPI, SAMPS, SANAD, SANDS, SANDY, SANGA, SANGH, SANGO, SANGS, SANKO, SAOLA, SAPAN, SAPID, SAPPY, SASIN, SAUBA, SAUCH, SAUCY, SAUGH, SAULS, SAUNA, SAUNF, SAVIN, SAVOY, SAVVY, SAWAH, SAYAS, SAYID, SAYON, VACAS, VADAS, VAGUS, VAIDS, VAILS, VAKAS, VALIS, VAMPS, VANGS, VASAL, WAACS, WACKS, WADAS, WADDS, WADIS, WAFFS, WAIFS, WAILS, WAINS, WAKAS, WAKFS, WALDS, WALIS, WALKS, WALLS, WAMUS, WANDS, WANGS, WANKS, WAQFS, WASHI, WASHY, WASMS, WASPS, WASPY, WAUKS, WAULS, WAWAS, WAWLS, YABAS, YACKS, YAFFS, YAGIS, YANGS, YANKS, YAPPS, YAUDS, YAUPS, YAWLS, YAWNS, YAWPS, YAYAS, ZACKS, ZAMIS, ZAWNS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test PALIS against the 492 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    492 before → 26 after. This feedback leaves 26 candidates.

    All 26 surviving candidates

    BASIS, CADIS, CAMIS, DADIS, DAHIS, GADIS, HAJIS, KADIS, KAKIS, KAMIS, KAZIS, MAHIS, MAKIS, MANIS, MAVIS, MAXIS, NABIS, NASIS, NAZIS, OASIS, QADIS, SADIS, SAKIS, WADIS, YAGIS, ZAMIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 19.34. Information: 2.481 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test SADIS against the 26 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    26 before → 6 after. This feedback leaves 6 candidates.

    All 6 surviving candidates

    CADIS, DADIS, GADIS, KADIS, QADIS, WADIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 8.048. Information: 1.953 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test CADIS against the 6 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    6 before → 5 after. This feedback leaves 5 candidates.

    All 5 surviving candidates

    DADIS, GADIS, KADIS, QADIS, WADIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 4.333. Information: 0.65 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Test DADIS against the 5 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    5 before → 4 after. This feedback leaves 4 candidates.

    All 4 surviving candidates

    GADIS, KADIS, QADIS, WADIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 3.4. Information: 0.722 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  6. Test GADIS against the 4 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    4 before → 3 after. This feedback leaves 3 candidates.

    All 3 surviving candidates

    KADIS, QADIS, WADIS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 2.5. Information: 0.811 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

This policy did not solve within six guesses.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE02010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)492Not solved in sixNot solved in six
CRANE00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)1484Not solved in sixNot solved in six
SLATE10100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)685Not solved in sixNot solved in six
ADIEU11100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)96Not solved in sixNot solved in six
STARE10100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)662Not solved in sixNot solved in six
AUDIO10220 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)19Not solved in sixNot solved in six
RAISE02110 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)79Not solved in sixNot solved in six
ROATE00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)1404Not solved in sixNot solved in six
SALET12000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)4666Not solved in six
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 0 · 5 guesses: 0 · 6 guesses: 1 · Failed in six: 8
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 0 · 5 guesses: 0 · 6 guesses: 0 · Failed in six: 9

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 6–6 guesses among successes; 17 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

32 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include SQUAD, SQUID, QUITS, QUAIL, QUADS, SQUAW, QUIPS, RAFIQ, SQUIB, QUBIT. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The worked board still allows 5 different answers at one later decision: CADIS, DADIS, GADIS, QADIS, SADIS. These are mechanical alternatives, not a judgement of vocabulary difficulty.

Vocabulary evidence and voluntary player results are reported separately from these solver observations.

Closest competing answers in this board

These words all fit the earlier feedback, rather than merely sharing similar spelling: CADIS, DADIS, GADIS, QADIS, SADIS.

A lesson from this route

Before CAGES, 5 words still fit. Its feedback left 3; check the full survivor list before choosing the next answer.

Try another opener or a different move

How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

QADIS can come back 67 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

508 answers
289 answers
242 answers
239 answers
196 answers
136 answers
101 answers
100 answers
60 answers
60 answers
56 answers
49 answers
42 answers
33 answers
24 answers
20 answers
18 answers
16 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10A1D2I1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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

Try next

TONER ALERT TRINE PORTE RONTE THALE

Strategy after playing QADIS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to QADIS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QADIS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONER
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TONER 5.94 bits
12.1% →
ALERT 5.56 bits
10.1% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
10.0% →
PORTE 5.52 bits
8.2% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
5.7% →
THALE 4.74 bits
4.2% →
STILE 4.41 bits
4.2% →
DRONE 5.06 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.95 bits
2.5% →
DROLE 4.71 bits

Research on QADIS

Game-tree analysis and word research for QADIS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with QADIS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.82 guesses and ranks #11,401 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with QADIS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.80, at or below the proven-optimal 3.82, 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.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
QADIS sits in the rare band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words in the source corpus. Corpus frequency does not measure every reader’s familiarity.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0).