5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

YENTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.

“Please don't tell your girlfriend what I said; she's a yenta!”

Alternative forms: yente, yentl

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 YENTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YENTA 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 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,474 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___A Y in the 1st position and A in the 5th position Y__T_ Y in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

PROLE CRISP SORAL SARGE SOILY HOIST
Words starting with Y Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YENTA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,474 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YENTA ranks #6,474 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
21
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
23%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
214
184
159
138
127
92
88
82
70
67
66
63
45
36
36
30
30
29
29
27
25
24
20
20
20
19
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YENTA:

12% chance
Suggested:
PROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRISP
8% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
PROLE 5.22 bits
9.1% →
CRISP 5.65 bits
7.8% →
SORAL 5.12 bits
6.7% →
SARGE 4.51 bits
5.9% →
SOILY 4.25 bits
5.4% →
HOIST 5.29 bits
3.9% →
SIREE 4.90 bits
3.7% →
SLART 4.51 bits
3.5% →
GROIN 4.58 bits
3.0% →
SIRED 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1N1T1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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