5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUAYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kiːz//keɪz//kweɪz/

Noun

plural of quay

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 QUAYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUAYS 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,494 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__Y_ Q in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TALER STIRE DROLE TRICE TRONE
Words starting with Q Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUAYS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,494 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUAYS ranks #13,494 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
655
4 guesses
1,296
5 guesses
344
6 guesses
28

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

587
361
235
169
163
140
100
91
70
70
59
42
38
35
23
19
17
17
13
12
11
11
9
7
7
6
6
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUAYS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
TRINE 6.12 bits
15.3% →
TALER 5.50 bits
10.0% →
STIRE 5.45 bits
7.2% →
DROLE 5.08 bits
6.9% →
TRICE 5.06 bits
5.9% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
4.2% →
STILE 4.27 bits
3.9% →
TARDY 4.09 bits
3.0% →
TALER 4.74 bits
3.0% →
TRICE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1Y4S1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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