5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YUCAS

YUCAS 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

Noun

plural of yuca

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 YUCAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YUCAS 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,498 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__A_ Y in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE ALTER STIRE DROLE TRICE THALE
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YUCAS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,498 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YUCAS ranks #7,498 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
18%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
316
204
151
128
122
106
87
84
80
58
52
37
36
33
31
29
24
23
23
22
20
17
16
14
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YUCAS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
TRINE 6.17 bits
13.4% →
ALTER 5.44 bits
8.6% →
STIRE 5.51 bits
6.4% →
DROLE 5.03 bits
5.4% →
TRICE 5.31 bits
5.2% →
THALE 4.91 bits
4.5% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
3.7% →
CHARE 4.82 bits
3.6% →
TALER 4.37 bits
3.4% →
LATER 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1C3A1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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