5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

YLIDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɪlaɪd//ˈɪlɪd/

Noun

Any organic compound in which two adjacent atoms are connected by both a covalent and an ionic bond; normally written X⁺–Y⁻

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 YLIDE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YLIDE 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,419 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___E Y in the 1st position and E in the 5th position Y__D_ Y in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST SORAL SONAR HOARD SNORT
Words starting with Y Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YLIDE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,419 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YLIDE ranks #6,419 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
22
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
34%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

367
246
201
139
129
93
91
81
78
55
52
51
50
48
45
41
37
34
28
28
28
26
25
21
20
20
18
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YLIDE:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
10.4% →
ROAST 5.33 bits
8.5% →
ROAST 5.34 bits
5.9% →
ROAST 4.94 bits
5.5% →
COAST 5.30 bits
3.9% →
SORAL 4.24 bits
3.9% →
SONAR 5.01 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 4.58 bits
3.3% →
COAST 4.58 bits
2.3% →
HOARD 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4L1I1D2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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