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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

JOLLY

Yes, JOLLY was the Wordle answer on April 21, 2024 (Wordle #1037).

As an opener, it rules out about 80.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒli//ˈd͡ʒɑli/

Adjective

Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.

Adjective

Drunk.

Noun

A pleasure trip or excursion; especially, an expenses-paid or unnecessary one.

Noun

Ellipsis of jolly boat.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 21, 2024 (#1037).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How JOLLY performs as a guess

JOLLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 60.7% of games, misses completely in 39.3%, and leaves about 465 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,521 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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___Y J in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position J__L_ J in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TRONE RAISE DANSE CRUET SCRAE
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.30 Entropy (bits)
465 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
80.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JOLLY 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,521 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JOLLY ranks #14,521 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
569
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
457
6 guesses
41
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
32%
All gray
39%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
F I L T H
G O L L Y
J O L L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches JOLLY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

927
281
273
206
161
64
60
48
44
29
29
26
22
18
16
12
12
11
10
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOLLY:

39% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.3% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
11.9% →
TRONE 5.32 bits
11.6% →
RAISE 5.32 bits
8.7% →
DANSE 4.74 bits
6.8% →
CRUET 4.93 bits
2.7% →
SCRAE 3.91 bits
2.5% →
SAUTE 4.74 bits
2.0% →
DRONE 3.52 bits
1.9% →
RAISE 4.54 bits
1.2% →
PATER 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1L1L1Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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