5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YARAK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈja.ɹak/

Noun

A super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.

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 YARAK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YARAK 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,970 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE STILE SIDLE TRADE TUILE
Words starting with Y Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YARAK 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,970 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YARAK ranks #12,970 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
698
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
36

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

627
344
218
187
123
121
85
64
59
46
44
38
37
26
24
24
22
22
20
17
17
14
14
14
11
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YARAK:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
TOILE 6.17 bits
14.6% →
TOISE 5.38 bits
9.2% →
STILE 5.63 bits
7.9% →
SIDLE 4.76 bits
5.2% →
TRADE 4.42 bits
5.1% →
TUILE 4.59 bits
3.6% →
TOUSE 5.09 bits
2.7% →
CLOTE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 3.56 bits
1.9% →
CLOTE 3.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1R1A1K5
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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