5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

YEAHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yeah

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 YEAHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YEAHS 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 89.5% of games, misses completely in 10.5%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,017 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__H_ Y in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIDE DROIT TALON ALTER DIMLY SPOUT
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YEAHS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,017 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YEAHS ranks #9,017 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
241
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
24%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

316
248
201
141
135
117
114
94
87
79
71
50
45
42
37
37
34
31
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YEAHS:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRIDE
11% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
TRIDE 5.25 bits
10.5% →
DROIT 5.59 bits
8.5% →
TALON 5.33 bits
6.0% →
ALTER 4.67 bits
5.7% →
DIMLY 4.23 bits
5.0% →
SPOUT 4.97 bits
4.8% →
SPIRE 4.79 bits
4.0% →
TOUCH 5.01 bits
3.7% →
TONER 4.43 bits
3.4% →
CRINE 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1A1H4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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