5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JELLO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛloʊ//ˈd͡ʒɛləʊ/

Noun

A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.

Alternative forms: Jell-O

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 JELLO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JELLO 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,384 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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.

J___O J in the 1st position and O in the 5th position J__L_ J in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR THORN REATE SLAIN TORSE
Words starting with J Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JELLO 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,384 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JELLO ranks #14,384 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
564
4 guesses
1,287
5 guesses
411
6 guesses
45
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
23%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

548
453
309
161
149
149
106
68
44
40
40
38
29
25
20
16
16
16
14
12
8
8
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JELLO:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
19% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
13% chance
Suggested:
THORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
SAINT 6.14 bits
19.2% →
STAIR 5.51 bits
13.1% →
THORN 5.12 bits
6.8% →
REATE 4.61 bits
6.3% →
SLAIN 5.02 bits
6.3% →
TORSE 4.54 bits
4.5% →
ARENE 4.47 bits
2.9% →
CORAL 4.22 bits
1.9% →
SAUCY 4.20 bits
1.7% →
TARGE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1L1L1O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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