5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

YIELD

Yes, YIELD was the Wordle answer on May 15, 2022 (Wordle #330).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /jiːld/

Verb

To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.

“This method generally yields better results.”

Verb

To give up; to surrender or capitulate.

“They refuse to yield to the enemy.”

Noun

A product.

Noun

The quantity of something produced.

“Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 15, 2022 (#330).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How YIELD performs as a guess

YIELD is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,767 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___D Y in the 1st position and D in the 5th position Y__L_ Y in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SAINT SONAR LEARE TRINE SHART
Words starting with Y Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YIELD 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,767 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YIELD ranks #5,767 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
16
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
A R E F Y
Y I E L D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches YIELD in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

367
362
154
149
139
122
90
85
57
56
53
47
38
38
31
29
28
28
26
26
24
22
20
19
18
17
16
16
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YIELD:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
15.4% →
ROAST 5.70 bits
6.5% →
SAINT 5.38 bits
6.3% →
SONAR 5.21 bits
5.9% →
ROAST 4.94 bits
5.2% →
LEARE 4.61 bits
3.8% →
TRINE 4.70 bits
3.6% →
SHART 5.20 bits
2.4% →
RANEE 4.47 bits
2.4% →
ROAST 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4I1E1L1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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