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

FOLLY

Yes, FOLLY was the Wordle answer on July 10, 2023 (Wordle #751).

As an opener, it rules out about 83.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfɑli//ˈfɒli/

Noun

Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

“It would be folly to walk all that way, knowing the shops are probably shut by now.”

Noun

Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.

“The purchase of Alaska from Russia was termed Seward's folly.”

Verb

To follow.

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: July 10, 2023 (#751).

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

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How FOLLY performs as a guess

FOLLY 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 64.0% of games, misses completely in 36.0%, and leaves about 395 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,912 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__L_ F 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

TARSE TRONE RAISE SATED CRUET STAGE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
395 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
83.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FOLLY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,912 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FOLLY ranks #12,912 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
350
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)
64%
Green tile
36%
All gray
36%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
F I L T H
F O L L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FOLLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

850
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FOLLY:

36% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.0% →
TARSE 6.35 bits
11.5% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
10.1% →
RAISE 5.36 bits
8.1% →
SATED 4.83 bits
6.5% →
CRUET 4.85 bits
2.3% →
STAGE 4.73 bits
2.2% →
BLASE 4.18 bits
1.9% →
STAIR 4.83 bits
1.8% →
DRONE 3.64 bits
1.7% →
RAISE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1L1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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