5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

WILLY

WILLY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪli/

Noun

Alternative form of willow.

Verb

To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow.

Adjective

Willing; favourable; ready; eager.

Adjective

Self-willed; willful.

Alternative forms: willie

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

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 WILLY performs as a guess

WILLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 409 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,375 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__L_ W 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

TARSE TRONE SCRAE SARED RONTE CRANE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
409 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WILLY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WILLY ranks #12,375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
700
4 guesses
1,275
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
32%
All gray
37%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B A W D Y
W I L L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WILLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

864
284
256
202
113
68
59
43
40
34
32
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WILLY:

37% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
SCRAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
12.0% →
TRONE 5.52 bits
10.9% →
SCRAE 5.17 bits
8.6% →
SARED 4.89 bits
4.8% →
RONTE 4.92 bits
2.9% →
CRANE 4.45 bits
2.5% →
SONAR 4.90 bits
1.8% →
SAUTE 4.60 bits
1.7% →
SANER 4.67 bits
1.4% →
ORATE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4I1L1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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