5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROILY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment)

Adjective

turbulent

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 ROILY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROILY 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,295 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

R___Y R in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position R__L_ R in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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STANE TEASE CASTE TRACE DANSE PRATE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROILY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,295 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROILY ranks #3,295 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
972
4 guesses
1,099
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
41%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
263
177
127
122
109
107
82
75
63
59
58
53
51
49
39
37
36
33
32
28
28
26
23
22
19
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15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROILY:

12% chance
Suggested:
STANE
11% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
8% chance
Suggested:
CASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
STANE 6.18 bits
11.1% →
TEASE 5.53 bits
7.5% →
CASTE 5.24 bits
5.4% →
CASTE 5.09 bits
5.2% →
TRACE 4.47 bits
4.6% →
DANSE 4.68 bits
4.5% →
STANE 5.14 bits
3.5% →
STANE 5.15 bits
3.2% →
CASTE 4.43 bits
2.7% →
PRATE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1I1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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