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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

JOLLO

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

No dictionary definition for JOLLO is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 72.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 JOLLO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JOLLO 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 50.7% of games, misses completely in 49.3%, and leaves about 659 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,747 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.03 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in JOLLO.

First-turn measures

All four describe JOLLO used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

2.83 Entropy (bits)
659 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.3% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How JOLLO 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.

4.03 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.74 Spread of game lengths
#14,747 Rank among openers
Opening with JOLLO left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.74 means those games clustered within about 0.74 of a guess of the 4.03 average. It ranks #14,747 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
483
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
500
6 guesses
55
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
24%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

JOLLO can come back 45 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

1170 answers
296 answers
238 answers
175 answers
89 answers
57 answers
53 answers
39 answers
34 answers
32 answers
25 answers
24 answers
20 answers
12 answers
10 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
7 answers
6 answers
5 answers
5 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1L1L1O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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

Try next

TIARE RAISE TRONE CRUET SAICE BEAST

Strategy after playing JOLLO

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to JOLLO.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOLLO:

49% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.3% →
TIARE 6.25 bits
12.5% →
RAISE 5.28 bits
10.0% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
7.4% →
CRUET 4.83 bits
3.7% →
SAICE 4.80 bits
2.4% →
BEAST 4.72 bits
2.2% →
GLACE 3.98 bits
1.6% →
TARGE 4.60 bits
1.4% →
TRAVE 3.78 bits
1.3% →
SMOTE 3.57 bits

Research on JOLLO

Game-tree analysis and word research for JOLLO, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with JOLLO, a proven-optimal strategy averages 4.02 guesses and ranks #14,730 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with JOLLO can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 4.03; proven optimal play reaches 4.02. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it JAHLOH. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.