5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WILIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 WILIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WILIS 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 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 346 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,544 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

W___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__I_ W in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE TRONE RONTE CATER THALE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
346 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WILIS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,544 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WILIS ranks #11,544 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
741
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
23%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

756
319
286
140
104
85
77
59
58
51
42
37
27
27
26
25
23
21
19
16
14
14
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9
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8
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WILIS:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
12% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.1% →
ROATE 6.17 bits
13.5% →
STARE 5.73 bits
12.1% →
ROATE 5.30 bits
5.9% →
TRONE 5.27 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.90 bits
3.6% →
CATER 5.06 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.78 bits
2.5% →
HAOLE 4.36 bits
2.5% →
STANE 4.24 bits
2.2% →
GLACE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1L1I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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