5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YELLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yell

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of yell

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 YELLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YELLS 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,540 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__L_ Y in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ORATE STAIR DAIRY FINAL ARENE
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YELLS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,540 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YELLS ranks #12,540 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
31
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
396
195
170
168
154
110
108
66
38
37
32
32
31
29
24
21
21
21
20
17
17
17
12
10
10
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YELLS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
17% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
TRAIN 6.24 bits
16.8% →
ORATE 5.28 bits
8.3% →
STAIR 5.29 bits
7.2% →
STAIR 4.83 bits
7.1% →
DAIRY 4.44 bits
6.5% →
FINAL 4.90 bits
4.7% →
ARENE 4.43 bits
4.6% →
RANCE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
SAIST 4.36 bits
1.6% →
SNAIL 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1L1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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