5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

YEARN

Yes, YEARN was the Wordle answer on August 20, 2021 (Wordle #62).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /jɜːn//jɝn/

Verb

To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

“All I yearn for is a simple life.”

Verb

Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.

Noun

A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 20, 2021 (#62).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How YEARN performs as a guess

YEARN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 90.5% of games, misses completely in 9.5%, and leaves about 95 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,473 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N Y in the 1st position and N in the 5th position Y__R_ Y in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST STILE TOISE SIDLE OCTAL GROUT
Words starting with Y Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
95 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YEARN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,473 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YEARN ranks #3,473 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B L A N D
Y E A R N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches YEARN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

225
202
170
129
123
118
96
92
68
66
63
58
56
49
48
44
41
35
33
26
26
26
23
23
23
21
20
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YEARN:

10% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.5% →
HOIST 5.82 bits
8.6% →
STILE 5.58 bits
7.2% →
TOISE 4.58 bits
5.5% →
SIDLE 4.23 bits
5.2% →
OCTAL 4.86 bits
5.0% →
GROUT 4.90 bits
4.1% →
COUNT 5.06 bits
3.9% →
SAULT 4.72 bits
2.9% →
CLASH 4.64 bits
2.8% →
CAROL 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1A1R1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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