5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WOLLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of wally.

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 WOLLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WOLLY 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 64.0% of games, misses completely in 36.0%, and leaves about 398 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,143 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAISE SATER TARSE CRUET SCRAE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
398 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOLLY 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,143 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOLLY ranks #13,143 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
683
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
361
6 guesses
27
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
34%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

848
263
263
200
150
57
55
46
41
40
39
29
24
24
19
19
17
16
12
12
11
9
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOLLY:

36% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.0% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
11.2% →
RAISE 5.30 bits
11.2% →
SATER 5.36 bits
8.5% →
TARSE 4.82 bits
6.4% →
CRUET 4.95 bits
2.4% →
SCRAE 3.91 bits
2.3% →
SAUTE 4.77 bits
2.0% →
SANER 4.86 bits
1.7% →
BEAST 4.51 bits
1.7% →
TRICE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1L1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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