5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YUPON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of yaupon.

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 YUPON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YUPON 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,364 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__O_ Y in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

REAST SOARE TIARE TALER STIRE SLATE
Words starting with Y Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YUPON 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,364 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YUPON ranks #7,364 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
20%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
241
164
161
111
109
75
66
61
59
53
51
47
43
42
35
33
29
26
23
21
20
15
14
14
13
13
12
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YUPON:

28% chance
Suggested:
REAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
REAST 6.29 bits
10.2% →
SOARE 5.23 bits
7.0% →
TIARE 5.38 bits
6.8% →
TALER 5.24 bits
4.7% →
STIRE 5.53 bits
4.6% →
SLATE 5.25 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.92 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.81 bits
2.6% →
DROLE 3.90 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1P3O1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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