5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YADDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Used three times in a row, or in combination with other words, to indicate part of a sentence which would be annoying to include, or which is incomprehensible, or which is just unimportant.

Noun

One of a set of items which do not need to be specified; often used in conjunction with the catch phrase yadda yadda yadda.

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 YADDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YADDA 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 59.2% of games, misses completely in 40.8%, and leaves about 510 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,555 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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__D_ Y in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE SILER TRICE TRINE TORSE
Words starting with Y Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.13 Entropy (bits)
510 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YADDA 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,555 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YADDA ranks #14,555 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
540
4 guesses
1,314
5 guesses
433
6 guesses
36
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
20%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

962
407
221
177
131
68
55
41
34
32
27
20
20
15
14
14
12
11
10
8
7
7
7
5
4
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YADDA:

41% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SILER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.8% →
TOISE 6.10 bits
17.3% →
SLATE 5.59 bits
9.4% →
SILER 4.70 bits
7.5% →
TRICE 4.76 bits
5.6% →
TRINE 5.21 bits
2.9% →
TORSE 3.86 bits
2.3% →
TRINE 4.62 bits
1.7% →
SOLER 4.41 bits
1.4% →
MOIRE 4.27 bits
1.4% →
RIONE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1D2D2A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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