5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOKED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /joʊkt/

Adjective

Wearing a yoke.

“The yoked oxen stood ready.”

Adjective

Subjugated.

“yoked workers”

Verb

simple past and past participle of yoke

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 YOKED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOKED 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,792 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___D Y in the 1st position and D in the 5th position Y__E_ Y in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLART ARSON STAIR SAULT SHART
Words starting with Y Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOKED 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#10,792 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOKED ranks #10,792 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,317
5 guesses
255
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
414
200
183
168
106
83
78
71
45
44
44
41
37
33
31
26
25
23
21
19
19
19
18
17
17
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOKED:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SLANT 6.11 bits
17.6% →
SLART 5.83 bits
8.5% →
ARSON 5.23 bits
7.8% →
STAIR 4.66 bits
7.1% →
SAULT 4.83 bits
4.5% →
SHART 4.55 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
3.3% →
SNORE 4.25 bits
3.0% →
GEARE 4.42 bits
1.9% →
LEARE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1K5E1D2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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