Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

YOKEG

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

No dictionary definition for YOKEG is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use YOKEG in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How YOKEG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOKEG 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,484 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe YOKEG used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.16 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How YOKEG 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#12,484 Rank among openers
Opening with YOKEG left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.82 average. It ranks #12,484 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
678
4 guesses
1,321
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

YOKEG can come back 60 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

420 answers
411 answers
210 answers
198 answers
188 answers
115 answers
87 answers
87 answers
84 answers
58 answers
54 answers
52 answers
38 answers
34 answers
34 answers
26 answers
25 answers
25 answers
24 answers
21 answers
21 answers
20 answers
14 answers
14 answers
14 answers
9 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1K5E1G2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing YOKEG

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to YOKEG.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOKEG:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
SLART 5.84 bits
17.2% →
TRAIL 6.17 bits
8.8% →
STAIR 4.71 bits
8.3% →
ARSON 5.15 bits
7.9% →
SAINT 4.88 bits
4.8% →
SHART 4.57 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
3.6% →
SNORE 4.33 bits
3.5% →
RAILE 4.58 bits
2.4% →
LEARE 4.40 bits

Research on YOKEG

Game-tree analysis and word research for YOKEG, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with YOKEG, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.79 guesses and ranks #10,356 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.99 guesses at best and is rank #5,965 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.82; proven optimal play reaches 3.79. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).