5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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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 QUIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUIES 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,624 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__E_ Q in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LEARE RATIO EATER SHALT SLART
Words starting with Q Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUIES 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,624 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUIES ranks #12,624 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
324
6 guesses
31
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:
EISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
349
190
182
168
132
105
96
80
62
55
53
48
47
42
40
40
23
21
16
15
14
14
14
13
11
10
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUIES:

17% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
RATIO

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
CAROL 5.76 bits
14.8% →
LEARE 5.56 bits
8.1% →
RATIO 4.90 bits
7.7% →
EATER 4.31 bits
7.1% →
SHALT 5.18 bits
5.6% →
SLART 4.99 bits
4.5% →
COURT 4.91 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 4.43 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 3.75 bits
2.6% →
TILDE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1I1E1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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