5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YAPON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of yaupon.

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 YAPON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YAPON 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,760 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___N Y in the 1st position and N in the 5th position Y__O_ Y in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER REAST TORSE TRICE SIDLE STILE
Words starting with Y Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YAPON 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,760 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YAPON ranks #5,760 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
308
232
142
121
118
82
59
59
58
54
54
50
45
38
33
31
28
27
25
25
24
16
16
16
14
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YAPON:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
REAST
10% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
SLIER 6.06 bits
13.1% →
REAST 5.56 bits
9.8% →
TORSE 5.47 bits
6.0% →
TRICE 5.26 bits
5.1% →
SIDLE 4.77 bits
5.0% →
STILE 4.71 bits
3.5% →
SLICE 5.44 bits
2.5% →
TRICE 4.45 bits
2.5% →
SLAKE 4.34 bits
2.5% →
FLORA 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1P3O1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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