5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUEYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of quey

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 QUEYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUEYS 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,349 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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

RAILE TRAIN SLART DAILY STAIR COURT
Words starting with Q Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUEYS 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,349 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUEYS ranks #14,349 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
582
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
399
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
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
17%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
493
196
192
154
111
96
74
66
59
57
54
50
42
27
20
18
17
13
11
11
9
8
7
7
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUEYS:

22% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
20.9% →
TRAIN 6.14 bits
8.3% →
SLART 5.22 bits
8.1% →
DAILY 4.72 bits
6.5% →
STAIR 4.77 bits
4.7% →
COURT 4.97 bits
4.1% →
CARET 4.57 bits
3.1% →
DEARY 4.26 bits
2.8% →
TRUCE 4.47 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1E1Y4S1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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