5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

FOLIO

Yes, FOLIO was the Wordle answer on May 22, 2025 (Wordle #1433).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊlɪəʊ//ˈfəʊljəʊ//ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/

Noun

A leaf of a book or manuscript.

Noun

A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.

Verb

To put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 22, 2025 (#1433).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How FOLIO performs as a guess

FOLIO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 309 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,425 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___O F in the 1st position and O in the 5th position F__I_ F in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SNARE CRANE CRUET STILE
Words starting with F Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOLIO 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOLIO ranks #11,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
26
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
3 vowels
Common:
ILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
L O G I N
F O L I O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FOLIO in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

709
277
255
190
139
87
84
51
47
43
31
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOLIO:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
11.7% →
TRINE 5.48 bits
10.8% →
SNARE 5.26 bits
8.1% →
CRANE 5.50 bits
5.9% →
CRUET 4.75 bits
3.7% →
STILE 4.24 bits
3.6% →
CADET 5.04 bits
2.2% →
SABLE 4.80 bits
2.0% →
GLACE 4.18 bits
1.8% →
TRADE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1L1I1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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