5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YOCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yock

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of yock

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 YOCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOCKS 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 287 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,415 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__K_ Y in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE TRONE TIARE TARGE PEART
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
287 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOCKS 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
0.67 Volatility
#10,415 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOCKS ranks #10,415 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,296
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
15
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
18%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
289
221
199
173
116
59
58
55
41
40
38
38
36
33
31
24
20
19
19
15
15
11
10
10
10
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7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOCKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
12.3% →
STARE 5.67 bits
9.4% →
TRONE 5.22 bits
8.4% →
RAILE 5.01 bits
7.3% →
TIARE 5.62 bits
4.9% →
TARGE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
PEART 4.29 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 4.37 bits
2.3% →
DROLE 4.02 bits
1.7% →
BLAER 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1C3K5S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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