5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOGIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of or pertaining to yoga.

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 YOGIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOGIC 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,880 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__I_ Y in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__C O in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

REAST SLIER TARSE CARLE SARED MARSE
Words starting with Y Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOGIC 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
0.68 Volatility
#8,880 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOGIC ranks #8,880 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
16
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:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
21%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
228
212
191
186
119
93
78
62
61
60
56
50
39
35
31
26
26
22
19
18
14
12
11
11
11
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOGIC:

24% chance
Suggested:
REAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
9% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
REAST 6.33 bits
9.7% →
SLIER 5.40 bits
9.0% →
TARSE 5.30 bits
8.1% →
CARLE 5.62 bits
7.9% →
SARED 5.12 bits
5.0% →
MARSE 4.80 bits
3.9% →
LEANT 5.03 bits
3.3% →
URATE 5.00 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 3.82 bits
2.6% →
SAKER 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1G2I1C3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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