5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YUKKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 62.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of yucky.

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 YUKKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YUKKY 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 41.0% of games, misses completely in 59.0%, and leaves about 893 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,848 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.14 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 TRONE TRICE CARSE SLART
Words starting with Y Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.21 Entropy (bits)
893 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
62.1% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YUKKY 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.

4.14 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,848 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YUKKY ranks #14,848 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
14
3 guesses
362
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
619
6 guesses
53
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
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
41%
Green tile
23%
All gray
59%

Feedback distribution

27 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1392
272
245
125
110
49
44
21
20
17
12
11
8
8
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YUKKY:

59% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

59.0% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
11.5% →
TALER 4.81 bits
10.4% →
TRONE 5.34 bits
5.3% →
TRICE 4.66 bits
4.7% →
CARSE 5.05 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.09 bits
1.9% →
ALONE 4.66 bits
0.9% →
SLART 3.65 bits
0.8% →
SPACE 3.82 bits
0.7% →
SLANT 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1K5K5Y4
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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