5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YACCA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdieanus.

Noun

Any of the various Australian perennial flowering plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea.

Alternative forms: yacka, yakka

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 YACCA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YACCA 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 61.5% of games, misses completely in 38.5%, and leaves about 462 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,570 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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___A Y in the 1st position and A in the 5th position Y__C_ Y in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE ALERT TOILE SILER IRONE SLART
Words starting with Y Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.27 Entropy (bits)
462 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YACCA 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,570 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YACCA ranks #14,570 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
547
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
442
6 guesses
40

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
23%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

908
379
248
146
120
88
76
65
46
30
28
24
23
19
15
13
12
12
12
12
9
9
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5
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YACCA:

38% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
16% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.5% →
TOISE 6.08 bits
16.1% →
ALERT 5.48 bits
10.5% →
TOILE 4.58 bits
6.2% →
SILER 4.79 bits
5.1% →
IRONE 5.28 bits
3.7% →
TOILE 4.73 bits
3.2% →
SLART 3.50 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.73 bits
1.9% →
SOLER 4.37 bits
1.3% →
TOILE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1C3C3A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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