5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

YEARS

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /jɪəz//jɪːz//jɜːz/

Noun

plural of year.

Noun

A very long time.

“It took years for the bus to come.”

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 YEARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YEARS 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 90.9% of games, misses completely in 9.1%, and leaves about 94 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,329 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___S Y in the 1st position and S in the 5th position Y__R_ Y in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE TALON DIMLY PRINT STINK
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
94 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YEARS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,329 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YEARS ranks #5,329 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
27%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

215
184
161
149
119
118
109
96
95
65
62
55
53
52
44
44
41
40
34
29
29
29
26
24
24
21
19
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YEARS:

9% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
COUNT 5.97 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.53 bits
6.8% →
TOILE 4.34 bits
6.3% →
TALON 5.27 bits
5.0% →
DIMLY 4.31 bits
5.0% →
PRINT 4.62 bits
4.6% →
STINK 4.86 bits
4.1% →
LANCE 4.54 bits
4.0% →
SPILE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
CAROL 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1A1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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