5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YAUDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yaud

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 YAUDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YAUDS 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,974 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S Y in the 1st position and S in the 5th position Y__D_ Y in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE ALERT STIRE RONTE PROLE THALE
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YAUDS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,974 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YAUDS ranks #7,974 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
16
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
23%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

466
294
219
146
129
126
111
109
65
62
51
39
37
36
36
34
33
28
25
24
17
17
16
16
15
14
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YAUDS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TRONE 6.11 bits
12.5% →
ALERT 5.54 bits
9.3% →
STIRE 5.45 bits
6.2% →
RONTE 4.90 bits
5.5% →
PROLE 4.96 bits
5.3% →
THALE 4.78 bits
4.7% →
TRICE 5.19 bits
4.6% →
DINER 5.42 bits
2.8% →
CRONE 4.68 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1U1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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