5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

LOLLY

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɒl.i//ˈlɔl.i/

Noun

A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.

Noun

An ice lolly; a popsicle.

Adjective

Eliciting a response of LOL; funny.

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 LOLLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOLLY 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 60.4% of games, misses completely in 39.6%, and leaves about 466 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,582 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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.

L___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__L_ L 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 SAINT CRUET SAUTE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
466 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOLLY 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,582 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOLLY ranks #14,582 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
569
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
459
6 guesses
48
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
34%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

934
288
231
212
165
60
59
48
44
43
29
26
21
19
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17
12
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6
5
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOLLY:

40% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.6% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
12.2% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
9.8% →
RAISE 5.12 bits
9.0% →
SAINT 4.78 bits
7.0% →
CRUET 4.92 bits
2.5% →
SAUTE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
SCRAE 3.86 bits
2.0% →
DRONE 3.52 bits
1.9% →
RAISE 4.54 bits
1.8% →
TIARE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1L1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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