5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YAULD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Vigorous; strong; healthy.

Adjective

Active; sprightly; alert.

Alternative forms: yald

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 YAULD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YAULD 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,597 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___D Y in the 1st position and D in the 5th position Y__L_ Y in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE SEINE REACT SIREN RONTE
Words starting with Y Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YAULD 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
#5,597 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YAULD ranks #5,597 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
11
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:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

517
268
144
134
129
129
117
70
68
55
48
40
36
36
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34
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27
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22
18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YAULD:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
6% chance
Suggested:
SEINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
TRONE 6.23 bits
11.4% →
TRACE 5.65 bits
6.1% →
SEINE 4.86 bits
5.7% →
REACT 4.71 bits
5.5% →
SIREN 5.32 bits
5.5% →
RONTE 4.91 bits
5.0% →
SNORE 4.96 bits
3.0% →
TRONE 4.76 bits
2.9% →
DRONE 5.21 bits
2.3% →
TORSE 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1U1L1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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