5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yoke

Verb

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

Wordle accepts YOKES 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,284 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__E_ Y in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TRAIL TALON RAILE DAIRY SLART
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOKES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,284 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOKES ranks #11,284 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
25
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
25%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

361
322
178
177
154
145
134
104
68
57
55
52
51
50
48
38
35
25
24
22
19
18
17
16
16
15
14
13
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOKES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
TIARE 5.39 bits
13.7% →
TRAIL 6.17 bits
7.5% →
TALON 5.06 bits
7.5% →
RAILE 4.30 bits
6.5% →
DAIRY 4.56 bits
6.1% →
SLART 5.30 bits
5.7% →
SLART 4.98 bits
4.4% →
CARNE 4.21 bits
2.9% →
DRONE 4.40 bits
2.4% →
SAULT 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1K5E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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