5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

YETIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yeti

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 YETIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YETIS 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,247 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__I_ Y in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE CAROL MADLY SNARL PHARE DINER
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YETIS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,247 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YETIS ranks #5,247 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
22%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
279
151
113
113
112
103
96
96
86
71
68
53
52
46
45
36
35
33
31
28
28
27
27
26
25
19
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YETIS:

13% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
6% chance
Suggested:
MADLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
CARLE 5.31 bits
11.8% →
CAROL 5.98 bits
6.4% →
MADLY 4.46 bits
4.8% →
SNARL 5.00 bits
4.8% →
PHARE 4.92 bits
4.7% →
DINER 4.78 bits
4.4% →
TROUT 5.15 bits
4.1% →
CAIRN 4.83 bits
4.1% →
RANCE 4.81 bits
3.6% →
TRACE 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1T1I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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