5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

XYSTI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of xystus

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 XYSTI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts XYSTI 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,788 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.

_Y__I Y in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

CRANE PHARE CARET DROLE REAST SPINE
Words starting with X Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How XYSTI 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
0.67 Volatility
#12,788 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, XYSTI ranks #12,788 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
674
4 guesses
1,348
5 guesses
289
6 guesses
20
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:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
10%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
282
255
223
205
116
111
73
49
48
34
31
22
21
19
17
16
14
14
14
11
11
10
10
10
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8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing XYSTI:

28% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
11% chance
Suggested:
PHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
CRANE 6.18 bits
12.0% →
CRANE 5.63 bits
10.8% →
PHARE 5.56 bits
9.5% →
CARET 5.50 bits
8.7% →
DROLE 5.01 bits
4.9% →
CRANE 4.58 bits
4.7% →
REAST 4.74 bits
3.1% →
SPINE 4.65 bits
2.1% →
ALURE 4.54 bits
2.0% →
LIANE 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

X8Y4S1T1I1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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