5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOGIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of yogi.

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 YOGIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOGIN 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 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,495 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___N Y in the 1st position and N in the 5th position Y__I_ Y in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

REAST STILE CRATE SERAL LEAST SCRAE
Words starting with Y Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOGIN 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,495 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOGIN ranks #6,495 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
14
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:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
25%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

602
217
208
179
124
121
87
62
58
53
53
35
32
31
29
27
25
24
23
22
22
18
17
16
15
15
15
15
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOGIN:

26% chance
Suggested:
REAST
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.5% →
REAST 6.34 bits
9.2% →
STILE 5.40 bits
8.8% →
CRATE 5.38 bits
7.6% →
SERAL 5.21 bits
5.3% →
LEAST 5.28 bits
5.1% →
SCRAE 4.90 bits
3.7% →
LATER 4.92 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 4.38 bits
2.5% →
URATE 4.84 bits
2.2% →
SIDLE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1G2I1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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