5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUESO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪsoʊ//ˈkeɪsəʊ/

Noun

Ellipsis of chile con queso: melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.

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 QUESO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUESO 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,522 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 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL ACORN RONTE STALK TRADE
Words starting with Q Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUESO 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
0.74 Volatility
#13,522 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUESO ranks #13,522 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
667
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
43
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:
EOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
385
267
137
129
104
91
82
70
64
59
55
49
47
38
35
27
26
26
23
23
16
13
13
12
10
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUESO:

19% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
11% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
RAILE 5.51 bits
16.3% →
TRAIL 5.71 bits
11.3% →
ACORN 5.08 bits
5.8% →
RONTE 4.42 bits
5.5% →
STALK 5.02 bits
4.4% →
TRADE 4.51 bits
3.9% →
PARTE 4.59 bits
3.5% →
CLARY 3.94 bits
3.0% →
BLUNT 4.66 bits
2.7% →
STOOL 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1E1S1O1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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