5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

YODEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊ.dəl//ˈjoʊ.dəl/

Verb

To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

Noun

An act of yodelling.

Noun

A song incorporating yodelling.

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 YODEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YODEL 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,312 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT REAST ARSON STAIR SLAIN STALE
Words starting with Y Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YODEL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,312 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YODEL ranks #5,312 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
13
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

329
316
165
141
135
115
112
83
67
57
53
52
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YODEL:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
REAST
7% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SAINT 6.20 bits
13.4% →
REAST 5.64 bits
7.0% →
ARSON 5.25 bits
6.0% →
SAINT 4.99 bits
5.7% →
STAIR 4.70 bits
4.9% →
SLAIN 4.86 bits
4.7% →
STALE 4.75 bits
3.5% →
SHART 4.51 bits
2.8% →
STORE 4.37 bits
2.4% →
STAIR 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1D2E1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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