5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YOURS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /jɔː(ɹ)z//jʊəz//jəz/

Pronoun

That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

“If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.”

Pronoun

Your house or home.

“Let's go over to yours.”

Alternative forms: your's

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 YOURS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOURS 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,778 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__R_ Y in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT CADET STILE ALINE DAINE ANILE
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOURS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,778 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOURS ranks #6,778 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

415
283
211
136
130
94
91
78
58
56
51
49
46
44
41
39
36
36
35
24
24
23
23
22
22
22
18
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOURS:

18% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
12% chance
Suggested:
CADET
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
LEANT 6.14 bits
12.0% →
CADET 5.37 bits
8.9% →
STILE 5.66 bits
5.8% →
LEANT 4.88 bits
5.5% →
ALINE 5.39 bits
4.0% →
DAINE 4.25 bits
3.9% →
ANILE 5.12 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 4.64 bits
2.5% →
SETAE 4.62 bits
2.4% →
CLOTE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1U1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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