5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YCOND

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

past participle of con; learned, learnt.

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 YCOND performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YCOND 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,788 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__N_ Y in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _C__D C in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE CHARE PARLE RAILE SLATE SAULT
Words starting with Y Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YCOND 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#4,788 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YCOND ranks #4,788 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
22%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

647
198
184
171
146
112
85
83
59
58
52
47
41
36
28
27
26
22
21
18
17
17
15
14
13
12
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YCOND:

27% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
CHARE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
TARSE 6.45 bits
8.4% →
CHARE 5.54 bits
7.8% →
PARLE 5.23 bits
7.3% →
TARSE 5.31 bits
6.2% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
4.7% →
SLATE 4.99 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.23 bits
3.5% →
SAULT 4.90 bits
2.5% →
ARIEL 4.87 bits
2.5% →
TALER 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4C3O1N1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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