5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JOTTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Written as, or like, a brief informal sketch.

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 JOTTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JOTTY 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 61.2% of games, misses completely in 38.8%, and leaves about 455 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,270 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__T_ J in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE ARISE CRANE LAIDE RANCE SPORT
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
455 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JOTTY 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,270 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JOTTY ranks #14,270 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
594
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
419
6 guesses
34
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:
OT

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

915
285
261
213
149
70
56
53
52
36
34
25
19
18
15
15
14
13
12
8
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JOTTY:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
12% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.8% →
RAISE 6.16 bits
12.1% →
ARISE 5.68 bits
11.1% →
CRANE 5.38 bits
9.0% →
LAIDE 4.68 bits
6.3% →
RANCE 4.76 bits
3.0% →
SPORT 4.34 bits
2.4% →
DROLE 3.77 bits
2.2% →
SHARE 4.54 bits
2.2% →
CADRE 4.40 bits
1.5% →
TRINE 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1T1T1Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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