5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YOHAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 YOHAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOHAY 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 279 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,849 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___Y Y in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position Y__A_ Y in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE TRINE SIDLE TRICE SIREN
Words starting with Y Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
279 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOHAY 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,849 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOHAY ranks #13,849 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
645
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
381
6 guesses
29
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
432
229
144
140
139
109
93
90
85
53
41
37
18
18
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11
9
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5
5
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3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOHAY:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
SLIER 6.05 bits
18.3% →
SLANE 5.39 bits
9.7% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
6.1% →
SIDLE 4.57 bits
5.9% →
TRICE 5.57 bits
5.9% →
SIREN 4.76 bits
4.6% →
TALER 4.64 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.00 bits
3.8% →
CARSE 4.81 bits
3.6% →
TALER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1H4A1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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