Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

QUETE

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

No dictionary definition for QUETE is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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 QUETE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUETE 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 71.7% of games, misses completely in 28.3%, and leaves about 291 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,157 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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First-turn measures

All four describe QUETE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.92 Entropy (bits)
291 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How QUETE 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.75% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#14,157 Rank among openers
Opening with QUETE left 6 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.91 average. It ranks #14,157 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
594
4 guesses
1,296
5 guesses
381
6 guesses
41
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ETU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
35%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

QUETE can come back 58 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

671 answers
288 answers
234 answers
220 answers
115 answers
98 answers
89 answers
63 answers
62 answers
61 answers
45 answers
39 answers
37 answers
34 answers
31 answers
27 answers
27 answers
22 answers
21 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
14 answers
13 answers
11 answers
11 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1E1T1E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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

Strategy after playing QUETE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to QUETE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUETE:

28% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
RAINY
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.3%
CAROL 5.92 bits
12.1%
RAINY 5.02 bits
9.9%
ROAST 5.43 bits
9.3%
SORAL 4.78 bits
4.8%
SLUNG 4.76 bits
4.1%
SONLY 3.72 bits
3.7%
CATER 4.53 bits
2.7%
SLANT 4.21 bits
2.6%
RAINY 4.23 bits
2.6%
SORAL 4.35 bits

Research on QUETE

Game-tree analysis and word research for QUETE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with QUETE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.90 guesses and ranks #13,837 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with QUETE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.91; proven optimal play reaches 3.90. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it KWEET. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.