5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YAPOK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjæpɒk/

Noun

The water opossum (Chironectes minimus).

Alternative forms: yapock

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 YAPOK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YAPOK 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__O_ Y in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE REAST RONTE STILE SIRED DROLE
Words starting with Y Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YAPOK 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YAPOK ranks #10,486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
23
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
337
294
152
135
91
71
66
65
62
57
45
43
38
34
25
21
18
18
18
16
15
15
14
13
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YAPOK:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
14% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
TRINE 6.09 bits
14.3% →
REAST 5.57 bits
12.5% →
RONTE 5.40 bits
6.4% →
STILE 4.72 bits
5.7% →
SIRED 4.69 bits
3.9% →
STILE 5.36 bits
3.0% →
DROLE 4.30 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 3.98 bits
2.8% →
TRIDE 3.52 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1P3O1K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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