5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YUCKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjʌkɪ//ˈjʌki/

Adjective

Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.

“The food that I ate today was very yucky.”

Alternative forms: yukky

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 YUCKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YUCKY 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 52.6% of games, misses completely in 47.4%, and leaves about 609 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,617 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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___Y Y in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position Y__K_ Y in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TALER STONE TARGE SERAL SORAL
Words starting with Y Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.93 Entropy (bits)
609 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YUCKY 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,617 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YUCKY ranks #14,617 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
516
4 guesses
1,344
5 guesses
431
6 guesses
38
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)
53%
Green tile
24%
All gray
47%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1117
249
246
200
98
76
49
44
38
35
29
25
20
18
17
10
10
9
9
7
7
5
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YUCKY:

47% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

47.4% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
10.6% →
TALER 4.83 bits
10.4% →
TIARE 5.57 bits
8.5% →
STONE 5.28 bits
4.2% →
TARGE 4.88 bits
3.2% →
SERAL 4.98 bits
2.1% →
SORAL 3.94 bits
1.9% →
SLART 3.08 bits
1.6% →
ALONE 4.70 bits
1.5% →
STORE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1C3K5Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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