5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUOAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkwoʊ.æd/

Preposition

With respect to.

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 QUOAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUOAD 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 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,556 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__A_ Q in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLIER RONTE SENOR CRUST SLICE
Words starting with Q Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUOAD 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
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,556 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUOAD ranks #13,556 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
667
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
378
6 guesses
29
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:
AOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
493
202
166
129
106
96
82
71
59
45
40
40
38
23
22
20
18
17
15
13
13
13
12
12
11
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUOAD:

21% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TARSE 5.52 bits
20.9% →
SLIER 5.86 bits
8.6% →
RONTE 5.25 bits
7.0% →
SENOR 4.40 bits
5.5% →
CRUST 5.12 bits
4.5% →
SLICE 4.41 bits
4.1% →
TALER 4.56 bits
3.5% →
CAROL 4.56 bits
3.0% →
DIRGE 4.83 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1O1A1D2
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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