5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YUCCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Alternative spelling of yech.

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 YUCCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YUCCH 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 56.3% of games, misses completely in 43.7%, and leaves about 521 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,089 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___H Y in the 1st position and H in the 5th position Y__C_ Y in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL RAILE STONE SANER TARSE TARGE
Words starting with Y Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
521 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YUCCH 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,089 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YUCCH ranks #14,089 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
633
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
399
6 guesses
41
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
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
20%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1030
275
184
139
128
92
58
55
47
39
34
34
24
22
19
14
13
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9
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7
7
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5
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YUCCH:

44% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.7% →
ARIEL 6.19 bits
11.7% →
RAILE 4.96 bits
7.8% →
STONE 5.26 bits
5.9% →
SANER 5.44 bits
5.4% →
TARSE 5.68 bits
3.9% →
TARGE 4.98 bits
2.5% →
RAISE 4.66 bits
2.3% →
ARISE 4.56 bits
2.0% →
SAMEL 3.04 bits
1.7% →
PALET 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1C3C3H4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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