5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOGIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yogi

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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 YOGIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOGIS 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,225 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__I_ Y in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE STARE TRINE TALER CATER CADET
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOGIS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,225 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOGIS ranks #8,225 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
259
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:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
22%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
250
206
193
158
123
98
79
76
67
53
53
53
44
32
31
29
23
20
19
17
16
15
15
13
12
12
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOGIS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
TRACE 6.24 bits
10.6% →
STARE 5.56 bits
8.7% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
8.2% →
TRACE 5.26 bits
6.7% →
TALER 5.02 bits
5.2% →
CATER 4.87 bits
4.2% →
CADET 4.97 bits
3.4% →
STILE 4.48 bits
3.2% →
PEART 4.25 bits
2.8% →
GLADE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1G2I1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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