5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JULIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːli.ə//ˈd͡ʒu.ljə/

Proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

Proper noun

89 Julia, a main belt asteroid; named for Saint Julia of Corsica.

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 JULIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JULIA 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,318 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___A J in the 1st position and A in the 5th position J__I_ J in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE TORSE TRINE STANE TRONE SOWER
Words starting with J Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JULIA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,318 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JULIA ranks #12,318 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
741
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
31
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
3 vowels
Common:
AILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
21%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
424
287
181
141
130
100
74
52
51
46
42
38
34
31
23
19
18
17
16
14
14
13
13
12
10
9
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JULIA:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
18% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
TRACE 5.66 bits
18.0% →
TORSE 5.98 bits
12.2% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
7.7% →
STANE 4.71 bits
6.0% →
TRONE 5.45 bits
5.5% →
SOWER 4.88 bits
4.2% →
MORSE 4.43 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.15 bits
2.2% →
TONER 4.74 bits
2.2% →
PROSE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8U1L1I1A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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