5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YECHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural 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 YECHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YECHS 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,450 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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

RAILE TRAIL DAILY SAINT STAIR LATER
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YECHS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,450 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YECHS ranks #10,450 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
30

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
15%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
407
188
160
151
111
105
78
70
65
63
52
38
37
34
34
32
29
23
21
21
20
16
16
15
14
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YECHS:

18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
DAILY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
RAILE 5.34 bits
17.3% →
TRAIL 6.09 bits
8.0% →
DAILY 4.57 bits
6.8% →
SAINT 5.40 bits
6.4% →
STAIR 4.87 bits
4.7% →
LATER 4.68 bits
4.5% →
CAIRN 5.16 bits
3.3% →
ORATE 4.82 bits
3.0% →
CHURN 3.90 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1C3H4S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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