5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROLLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊlɪ//ˈɹoʊli/

Adjective

Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom.

Adjective

Rough, turbulent, characterized by large or rapid waves.

Noun

Alternative form of rollie (“cigarette rolled by hand”).

Noun

Alternative form of rolley (“horse-drawn wheeled vehicle used in a mine”).

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 ROLLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROLLY 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,877 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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

Try next

SAINE IRATE SAICE SAINT SIENT TRONE
Words starting with R Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROLLY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,877 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROLLY ranks #10,877 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
776
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
288
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
384
214
154
147
134
98
58
54
53
51
48
46
37
36
23
18
17
16
16
15
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11
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROLLY:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
16% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
SAINE 6.28 bits
16.3% →
IRATE 5.40 bits
9.1% →
SAICE 5.44 bits
6.5% →
SAINT 4.83 bits
6.2% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
5.7% →
TRONE 4.44 bits
4.2% →
SINCE 4.57 bits
2.5% →
SAUTE 4.71 bits
2.3% →
BEAST 4.00 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1L1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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