5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WHEYS

WHEYS 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

Noun

plural of whey

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 WHEYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHEYS 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,533 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.

W___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRAIL DAILY SAINT STAIR TOUCH
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHEYS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,533 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHEYS ranks #12,533 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
699
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
336
6 guesses
26
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
17%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

512
486
192
180
147
92
74
66
65
49
38
38
31
28
27
26
25
24
18
18
16
12
12
11
11
10
10
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHEYS:

22% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
DAILY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
20.6% →
TRAIL 6.02 bits
8.1% →
DAILY 4.54 bits
7.6% →
SAINT 5.30 bits
6.2% →
STAIR 4.87 bits
3.9% →
TOUCH 4.73 bits
3.1% →
CRANE 4.42 bits
2.8% →
SAULT 4.38 bits
2.8% →
DEARY 4.28 bits
2.1% →
CARTE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4E1Y4S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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