5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YLKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 YLKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YLKES 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,250 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN IRATE STAIR TONER DAIRY ROAST
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YLKES 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,250 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YLKES ranks #10,250 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
26
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
312
162
158
154
139
121
93
66
64
58
56
46
45
43
43
36
33
25
22
21
20
19
19
14
14
13
13
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YLKES:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TRAIN 6.22 bits
13.2% →
IRATE 5.33 bits
6.9% →
STAIR 5.37 bits
6.7% →
TONER 4.19 bits
6.5% →
DAIRY 4.54 bits
5.9% →
ROAST 4.85 bits
5.1% →
TRIAL 5.08 bits
3.9% →
DEALT 4.47 bits
2.8% →
ATONE 4.09 bits
2.7% →
DALLY 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4L1K5E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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