5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUOIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɔɪt//kwɔɪt//kweɪt/

Noun

A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.

Noun

A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.

Verb

To play quoits.

Verb

To throw like a quoit.

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 QUOIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUOIT 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,251 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___T Q in the 1st position and T in the 5th position Q__I_ Q in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE RINSE MARLE SNARE TARTE SLANE
Words starting with Q Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUOIT 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,251 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUOIT ranks #12,251 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
737
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
35
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:
IOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
33%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
282
221
158
157
111
102
85
75
72
51
43
38
38
35
31
30
18
16
16
16
15
14
12
10
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUOIT:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
9% chance
Suggested:
MARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
CARLE 6.00 bits
12.0% →
RINSE 5.20 bits
9.4% →
MARLE 5.21 bits
6.7% →
SNARE 4.71 bits
6.7% →
TARTE 5.32 bits
4.7% →
SLANE 5.10 bits
4.3% →
SADLY 4.10 bits
3.6% →
SERAL 4.97 bits
3.2% →
TRITE 4.46 bits
3.1% →
CARNE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1O1I1T1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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