5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YODHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yodh

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 YODHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YODHS 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 253 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,127 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__H_ Y in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE TALER CRATE ARIEL RANCE
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
253 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YODHS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,127 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YODHS ranks #9,127 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
18%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

618
277
201
170
135
128
103
73
64
54
40
38
37
36
34
32
26
22
21
21
18
17
17
15
12
12
12
10
10
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YODHS:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
11.7% →
TIARE 5.60 bits
8.5% →
TALER 5.23 bits
7.2% →
RAILE 4.97 bits
5.7% →
CRATE 5.64 bits
5.4% →
ARIEL 5.44 bits
4.4% →
RANCE 4.70 bits
3.1% →
SLATE 4.73 bits
2.7% →
PEART 4.31 bits
2.3% →
SAULT 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1D2H4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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