5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

YAIRD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of yard.

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 YAIRD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YAIRD 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,263 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D Y in the 1st position and D in the 5th position Y__R_ Y in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE TOUSE CONTE CLOTE SLOPE
Words starting with Y Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YAIRD 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,263 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YAIRD ranks #4,263 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
33%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

332
247
233
129
113
113
113
105
60
59
48
44
43
38
37
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36
30
28
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YAIRD:

14% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
STOLE 5.96 bits
10.5% →
SLATE 5.77 bits
9.9% →
TOUSE 5.54 bits
5.5% →
CONTE 5.28 bits
4.8% →
STOLE 4.94 bits
4.8% →
CLOTE 4.74 bits
4.8% →
SLOPE 4.76 bits
4.5% →
CLOSE 4.50 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 3.71 bits
2.5% →
RINSE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1I1R1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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