5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TILLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪli/

Noun

An extra product given to a customer at no additional charge; a lagniappe.

Noun

A small open-backed truck.

Adjective

Containing till (unsorted glacial sediment).

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 TILLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TILLY 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,658 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

T___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

AROSE SOARE CANOE CRANE SARED RANSE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TILLY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,658 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TILLY ranks #9,658 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
25
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:
ILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
34%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

625
254
221
197
170
83
81
78
61
50
38
36
33
31
29
25
24
23
19
15
15
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15
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10
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9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TILLY:

27% chance
Suggested:
AROSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
AROSE 6.08 bits
10.8% →
SOARE 5.73 bits
9.4% →
CANOE 5.29 bits
8.4% →
CRANE 5.54 bits
7.2% →
SARED 4.77 bits
3.5% →
RANSE 4.80 bits
3.4% →
RAISE 4.66 bits
3.3% →
PORAE 5.12 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.55 bits
2.1% →
REAST 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1I1L1L1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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