5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YUCCA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjʌkə//ˈjuːkə/

Noun

Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

Noun

The yuca (cassava).

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 YUCCA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YUCCA 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,632 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___A Y in the 1st position and A in the 5th position Y__C_ Y in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE SLIER SOLDE STONE TALER SIREN
Words starting with Y Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.64 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YUCCA 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,632 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YUCCA ranks #13,632 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
657
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
366
6 guesses
31
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
19%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
500
188
166
123
87
86
77
63
53
49
40
39
25
20
16
15
10
10
9
9
9
9
8
7
6
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YUCCA:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
21% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
TRINE 6.17 bits
21.2% →
SLIER 5.49 bits
8.0% →
SOLDE 4.74 bits
7.0% →
STONE 5.37 bits
5.2% →
TALER 4.47 bits
3.7% →
SIREN 4.62 bits
3.6% →
SLIER 5.07 bits
3.3% →
STIRE 4.78 bits
2.7% →
TRIPE 4.79 bits
2.2% →
SAMEL 2.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1C3C3A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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