5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YECCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Alternative spelling of yech.

Noun

Alternative spelling of yech.

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 YECCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YECCH 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 339 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,685 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___H Y in the 1st position and H in the 5th position Y__C_ Y in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ARISE SAULT STAIR SORAL TARSE
Words starting with Y Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
339 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YECCH 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,685 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YECCH ranks #13,685 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
659
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
349
6 guesses
43

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
21%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
576
254
142
103
71
68
65
59
41
38
36
35
32
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22
19
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YECCH:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
24% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
TRAIL 6.12 bits
24.4% →
ARISE 5.31 bits
10.8% →
SAULT 4.73 bits
6.0% →
STAIR 4.71 bits
4.4% →
SORAL 5.29 bits
3.0% →
TARSE 4.98 bits
2.9% →
ROAST 4.98 bits
2.8% →
AROSE 4.78 bits
2.5% →
STAIR 4.35 bits
1.7% →
SLART 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1C3C3H4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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