5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COLLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒli//ˈkɑli/

Adjective

Black as coal.

Verb

To make black, as with coal.

Noun

Soot.

Noun

A blackbird

Alternative forms: kelly

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 COLLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COLLY 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 69.7% of games, misses completely in 30.3%, and leaves about 299 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,151 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

C___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE TRONE SAINT TIARE RANSE IRATE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
299 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COLLY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,151 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COLLY ranks #10,151 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
30
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
38%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

714
233
223
187
134
125
86
51
50
44
38
32
29
25
24
23
23
22
21
21
19
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17
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12
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10
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COLLY:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.3% →
RAISE 6.25 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.38 bits
9.5% →
RAISE 5.43 bits
7.9% →
SAINT 4.86 bits
5.7% →
TIARE 5.46 bits
5.3% →
RANSE 4.75 bits
3.6% →
IRATE 5.31 bits
2.2% →
STAGE 4.68 bits
2.1% →
BLASE 4.10 bits
1.9% →
TRODE 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1L1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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