5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUOYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of quoy

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 QUOYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUOYS 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 335 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,438 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___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 STALE TONER TALER TRUCE BRANE
Words starting with Q Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
335 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUOYS 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
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,438 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUOYS ranks #13,438 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
19
3 guesses
667
4 guesses
1,304
5 guesses
330
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
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
20%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

737
292
252
201
125
122
70
65
57
57
52
43
42
39
21
19
19
17
16
15
13
10
7
6
6
6
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUOYS:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
RAILE 6.09 bits
12.4% →
STALE 5.64 bits
10.7% →
TONER 5.45 bits
8.5% →
TALER 5.03 bits
5.3% →
TRUCE 5.16 bits
5.2% →
BRANE 4.69 bits
3.0% →
PORTE 3.85 bits
2.8% →
CLINE 4.60 bits
2.4% →
BALER 3.75 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1O1Y4S1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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