5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUATE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

quiet

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 QUATE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUATE 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,209 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___E Q in the 1st position and E in the 5th position Q__T_ Q in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SONLY LINER RAYON SIREN SNARL RENAL
Words starting with Q Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUATE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,209 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUATE ranks #12,209 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
707
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
32
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:
AETU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
38%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
274
231
158
125
115
113
99
94
84
74
62
54
49
47
42
38
28
27
24
21
21
20
17
16
15
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUATE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
12% chance
Suggested:
LINER
10% chance
Suggested:
RAYON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
SONLY 5.54 bits
11.6% →
LINER 5.12 bits
9.8% →
RAYON 4.99 bits
6.7% →
SIREN 4.58 bits
5.3% →
SNARL 4.24 bits
4.9% →
RENAL 4.58 bits
4.8% →
SHIRT 5.13 bits
4.2% →
SETER 4.81 bits
4.0% →
SLUNG 4.61 bits
3.6% →
MULCH 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1T1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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