5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JOLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of jole

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jole

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 JOLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JOLES 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,039 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE STAIR RAINY APRON AIDER
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JOLES 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,039 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JOLES ranks #11,039 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
741
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
278
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
301
182
155
148
141
122
120
115
60
52
52
49
45
43
36
32
30
25
25
24
21
16
13
13
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12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOLES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
TRAIN 5.98 bits
12.8% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
7.7% →
STAIR 5.26 bits
6.6% →
RAINY 4.82 bits
6.3% →
APRON 5.07 bits
6.0% →
AIDER 4.17 bits
5.2% →
STAIR 4.81 bits
5.1% →
REATE 4.78 bits
4.9% →
NORTH 4.15 bits
2.5% →
DRONE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1L1E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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