5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

TROLL

Yes, TROLL was the Wordle answer on December 30, 2021 (Wordle #194).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹɒl//tɹəʊl//tɹɑl/

Noun

a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.

Noun

An ugly or unpleasant person.

Verb

Senses relating to a rolling motion.

Verb

Senses relating to a light, quick motion.

Alternative forms: trowl, trowle

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 30, 2021 (#194).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How TROLL performs as a guess

TROLL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,173 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___L T in the 1st position and L in the 5th position T__L_ T in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE SAYEE SAICE DANSE CADIE CORER
Words starting with T Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TROLL 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,173 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TROLL ranks #6,173 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
23
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:
LORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
35%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N O U T
T R O L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TROLL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

411
243
206
168
134
122
95
66
64
55
54
51
51
45
45
40
32
31
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27
23
21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TROLL:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAYEE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
SAINE 6.21 bits
10.3% →
SAYEE 5.08 bits
8.7% →
SAICE 5.57 bits
7.1% →
SAICE 5.41 bits
5.7% →
DANSE 5.14 bits
5.2% →
CADIE 4.91 bits
4.0% →
CORER 4.30 bits
2.8% →
REAST 4.52 bits
2.7% →
SHINE 4.53 bits
2.3% →
MAISE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1O1L1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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