5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YUZUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of yuzu

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 YUZUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YUZUS 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 53.9% of games, misses completely in 46.1%, and leaves about 617 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,774 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.04 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___S Y in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE RAILE TRONE TRACE SAINT
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

2.75 Entropy (bits)
617 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.8% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YUZUS 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.

4.04 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,774 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YUZUS ranks #14,774 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
482
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
525
6 guesses
50
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
2 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
13%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

37 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1086
403
271
125
100
67
56
49
43
24
23
17
17
16
10
8
6
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YUZUS:

46% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
17% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.1% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
17.1% →
TIARE 5.62 bits
11.5% →
RAILE 5.05 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.21 bits
4.2% →
TRACE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.44 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.26 bits
2.1% →
TRODE 4.64 bits
1.8% →
MARLE 3.07 bits
1.0% →
BRACE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1Z10U1S1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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