5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOLPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% 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 YOLPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOLPS 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,539 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__P_ Y in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE CRANE CARNE RANCE TRICE
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOLPS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,539 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOLPS ranks #5,539 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
20%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

539
238
233
179
147
115
72
62
55
55
53
43
41
37
35
34
33
30
27
24
23
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOLPS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
10.1% →
RAINE 5.39 bits
9.9% →
TIARE 5.64 bits
7.6% →
CRANE 5.33 bits
6.2% →
CARNE 4.95 bits
4.9% →
RANCE 4.85 bits
3.1% →
TRICE 5.43 bits
2.6% →
THALE 4.68 bits
2.3% →
STORE 4.42 bits
2.3% →
BLATE 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1L1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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