5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YACKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /jæks/

Noun

plural of yack

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of yack

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 YACKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YACKS 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,518 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___S Y in the 1st position and S in the 5th position Y__K_ Y in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE ALERT STIRE DROLE RIONE STALE
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YACKS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,518 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YACKS ranks #9,518 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
19%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
288
244
179
150
126
107
59
55
48
39
36
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33
29
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YACKS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
TRINE 6.22 bits
12.2% →
ALERT 5.63 bits
10.3% →
STIRE 5.51 bits
7.6% →
DROLE 4.94 bits
6.4% →
RIONE 5.27 bits
5.3% →
TRINE 4.71 bits
4.5% →
STALE 4.90 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.77 bits
2.3% →
TRIDE 3.60 bits
2.0% →
SUITE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1C3K5S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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