5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YEXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjɛksɪz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of yex

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 YEXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YEXES 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 72.0% of games, misses completely in 28.0%, and leaves about 312 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,567 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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__E_ Y in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE STAIN DAILY SLART REACT
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
312 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YEXES 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,567 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YEXES ranks #14,567 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
551
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
455
6 guesses
39
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
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
25%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

50 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

661
311
258
240
173
150
105
80
38
36
31
30
28
24
24
22
19
16
14
13
8
7
7
6
6
6
5
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YEXES:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.0% →
TRAIL 6.02 bits
13.2% →
RAILE 4.96 bits
10.9% →
STAIN 5.18 bits
10.2% →
DAILY 4.55 bits
7.3% →
RAILE 4.09 bits
6.4% →
SLART 4.72 bits
4.5% →
REACT 4.64 bits
3.4% →
SAULT 4.29 bits
1.6% →
SLART 3.81 bits
1.5% →
TRADE 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4E1X8E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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