5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /jɒmps/

Noun

plural of yomp

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of yomp

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 YOMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOMPS 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 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,868 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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

RAILE STANE TALER LAIDE RANCE ARIEL
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOMPS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,868 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOMPS ranks #8,868 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
18%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

710
274
208
175
120
98
78
61
59
50
47
32
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOMPS:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STANE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
11.6% →
STANE 5.62 bits
8.8% →
TALER 5.27 bits
7.4% →
LAIDE 4.93 bits
5.1% →
RANCE 4.90 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 5.39 bits
3.3% →
MAIRE 5.22 bits
2.6% →
REACT 4.31 bits
2.5% →
CARET 4.76 bits
2.1% →
SAULT 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1M3P3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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