5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

XOLOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of Xolo

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 XOLOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts XOLOS 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 66.2% of games, misses completely in 33.8%, and leaves about 389 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,950 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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.

_O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE TRINE RANCE THALE BAILE
Words starting with X Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.50 Entropy (bits)
389 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How XOLOS 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,950 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, XOLOS ranks #13,950 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
385
6 guesses
31
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
22%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

796
344
318
145
136
84
61
57
57
47
44
35
22
20
17
13
12
12
11
11
10
9
8
7
7
7
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing XOLOS:

34% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.8% →
TIARE 6.25 bits
14.6% →
TIARE 5.69 bits
13.5% →
RAINE 5.40 bits
6.1% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
5.8% →
RANCE 4.79 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.77 bits
2.6% →
BAILE 4.72 bits
2.4% →
TARRE 4.41 bits
2.4% →
CRUET 4.21 bits
2.0% →
GLACE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

X8O1L1O1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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