5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JELLS

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of jell

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 JELLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JELLS 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 310 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,123 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___S J in the 1st position and S in the 5th position J__L_ J in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ORATE STAIR FLAIR REATE ARENE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
310 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JELLS 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,123 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JELLS ranks #14,123 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
602
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
390
6 guesses
28
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
22%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

616
427
259
173
171
139
113
45
41
36
34
34
30
22
21
17
17
14
13
13
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5
5
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JELLS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
18% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TRAIN 6.01 bits
18.1% →
ORATE 5.26 bits
11.0% →
STAIR 5.25 bits
7.3% →
STAIR 4.82 bits
7.3% →
FLAIR 4.82 bits
5.9% →
REATE 4.50 bits
4.8% →
ARENE 4.44 bits
1.9% →
DAILY 4.00 bits
1.7% →
SLAIN 4.06 bits
1.5% →
REATE 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1L1L1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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