5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FOLIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of folium

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 FOLIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FOLIA 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,905 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.

F___A F in the 1st position and A in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TERSE TRINE TRONE STANE RUOTE
Words starting with F Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOLIA 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
0.72 Volatility
#5,905 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOLIA ranks #5,905 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
AILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
305
231
166
153
150
96
70
67
43
42
41
39
37
33
27
25
21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOLIA:

16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
12.9% →
TERSE 6.08 bits
9.8% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
7.0% →
TRONE 5.18 bits
6.5% →
STANE 4.70 bits
6.4% →
RUOTE 4.49 bits
4.1% →
SLEER 4.82 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.23 bits
2.8% →
BARON 4.83 bits
1.8% →
CLOSE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1L1I1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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