5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JILLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jill

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 JILLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JILLS 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 65.3% of games, misses completely in 34.7%, and leaves about 401 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,393 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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 _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE TRONE RONTE TRINE CRANE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
401 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JILLS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,393 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JILLS ranks #13,393 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
668
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
342
6 guesses
25
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:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
20%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

818
350
242
240
122
85
59
58
52
41
31
23
21
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17
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JILLS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.7% →
ROATE 6.16 bits
14.8% →
STARE 5.70 bits
10.3% →
TRONE 5.61 bits
10.2% →
ROATE 5.29 bits
5.2% →
RONTE 4.79 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 4.58 bits
2.5% →
CRANE 4.51 bits
2.5% →
CARTE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
SHAPE 4.58 bits
1.7% →
MORAE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1L1L1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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