5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YAPPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjæ.pi/

Adjective

Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.

“yappy puppy”

Adjective

Very talkative; talking foolishly or at length.

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 YAPPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YAPPY 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 58.8% of games, misses completely in 41.2%, and leaves about 545 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,614 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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___Y Y in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position Y__P_ Y in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT SOLDE RONTE SIREN SLANT
Words starting with Y Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.92 Entropy (bits)
545 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YAPPY 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,614 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YAPPY ranks #14,614 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
494
4 guesses
1,352
5 guesses
435
6 guesses
35
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
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
28%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

971
485
196
195
138
65
59
43
25
23
19
18
13
10
9
8
8
6
6
6
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YAPPY:

41% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
21% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.2% →
TOILE 6.00 bits
20.6% →
ALERT 5.49 bits
8.3% →
SOLDE 4.61 bits
8.3% →
RONTE 4.80 bits
5.9% →
SIREN 5.40 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 3.30 bits
2.5% →
SLANE 4.79 bits
1.8% →
SOLER 4.26 bits
1.1% →
CLONE 4.21 bits
1.0% →
SIENT 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1P3P3Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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