5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YOYOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yoyo

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 YOYOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOYOS 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 59.9% of games, misses completely in 40.1%, and leaves about 493 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,671 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.00 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__O_ Y in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE TRONE RANCE MARLE SAULT
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.12 Entropy (bits)
493 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOYOS 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.

4.00 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,671 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOYOS ranks #14,671 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
521
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
458
6 guesses
49
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
20%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

946
375
229
185
146
69
67
63
44
32
25
21
14
14
13
12
12
9
9
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOYOS:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
16% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.1% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
15.9% →
STARE 5.60 bits
9.7% →
RAILE 4.82 bits
7.8% →
TRONE 5.20 bits
6.2% →
RANCE 4.77 bits
2.9% →
MARLE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
SAULT 4.32 bits
2.7% →
REACT 4.23 bits
1.9% →
DROLE 3.42 bits
1.4% →
SHIER 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1Y4O1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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