5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUAIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 QUAIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUAIS 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,068 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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.

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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TALER TRINE PORTE CLOTE TRONE
Words starting with Q Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUAIS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,068 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUAIS ranks #13,068 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
692
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
336
6 guesses
33
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
3 vowels
Common:
AISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

415
364
284
160
153
126
101
99
91
79
60
59
56
37
32
29
21
13
12
11
11
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10
9
9
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7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUAIS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
TONER 5.73 bits
15.4% →
TALER 5.50 bits
12.0% →
TRINE 5.29 bits
6.8% →
PORTE 5.18 bits
6.5% →
CLOTE 4.77 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
4.3% →
THALE 4.20 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 4.50 bits
3.9% →
MORNE 4.07 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1I1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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