5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUIPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of quip

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of quip

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 QUIPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUIPS 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 65.7% of games, misses completely in 34.3%, and leaves about 368 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,451 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STARE LATER CRANE TRONE PEARL
Words starting with Q Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
368 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUIPS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,451 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUIPS ranks #12,451 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
698
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
25
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:
ISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
22%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

809
267
253
144
142
97
88
65
59
58
49
37
28
26
20
20
19
16
13
13
12
11
9
8
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUIPS:

34% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
LATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.3% →
CARLE 6.12 bits
11.3% →
STARE 5.70 bits
10.7% →
LATER 5.16 bits
6.1% →
CRANE 4.99 bits
6.0% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
4.1% →
PEARL 5.36 bits
3.7% →
MORNE 4.21 bits
2.8% →
SPATE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.24 bits
2.5% →
STOLE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1I1P3S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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