5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YORPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% 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 YORPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YORPS 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,873 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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

LIANE TRIED LEANT ALINE ATONE SIENT
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YORPS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,873 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YORPS ranks #4,873 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
18
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
21%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
295
217
140
135
96
96
72
60
48
47
46
42
42
39
38
38
27
25
24
20
19
19
15
15
14
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YORPS:

20% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
LIANE 6.21 bits
12.5% →
TRIED 5.44 bits
9.2% →
LEANT 5.65 bits
5.9% →
LIANE 4.85 bits
5.7% →
ALINE 5.38 bits
4.1% →
ATONE 4.39 bits
4.1% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
3.1% →
ALINE 5.27 bits
2.5% →
SIENT 4.66 bits
2.0% →
STALE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1R1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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