5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUALY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of quali.

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 QUALY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUALY 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,581 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.

Q__L_ Q in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TONER STIRE SEINE TRONE STORE
Words starting with Q Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUALY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,581 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUALY ranks #12,581 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
704
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
30
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:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
36%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

621
288
182
169
157
134
129
75
71
70
44
44
44
30
30
18
18
18
17
15
14
14
12
10
10
9
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUALY:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
TRINE 6.25 bits
12.2% →
TONER 5.44 bits
7.7% →
STIRE 5.07 bits
7.2% →
SEINE 4.92 bits
6.7% →
TRONE 5.54 bits
5.7% →
STORE 4.66 bits
5.5% →
CARET 4.67 bits
3.2% →
TARSE 4.09 bits
3.0% →
CRISE 4.27 bits
3.0% →
TRICE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1L1Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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