5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YULAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.

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 YULAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YULAN 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,611 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___N Y in the 1st position and N in the 5th position Y__A_ Y in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE TRACE SIREE TRICE SLATE STORE
Words starting with Y Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YULAN 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,611 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YULAN ranks #5,611 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
22
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
300
152
137
115
111
106
73
65
65
53
49
47
46
43
40
39
36
32
28
24
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20
20
18
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14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YULAN:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
6% chance
Suggested:
SIREE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
TOISE 6.06 bits
12.7% →
TRACE 5.64 bits
6.4% →
SIREE 4.93 bits
5.8% →
TRICE 5.42 bits
4.9% →
SLATE 4.71 bits
4.7% →
STORE 4.84 bits
4.5% →
TORSE 5.47 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 4.53 bits
2.8% →
TRICE 4.71 bits
2.8% →
STIRE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1L1A1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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