5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

XYLOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Xylene.

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 XYLOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts XYLOL 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 61.0% of games, misses completely in 39.0%, and leaves about 471 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,608 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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.

_Y__L Y in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RONTE SAICE TARSE TASER RAINE
Words starting with X Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.22 Entropy (bits)
471 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How XYLOL 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,608 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, XYLOL ranks #14,608 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
539
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
448
6 guesses
46
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)
61%
Green tile
17%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

920
352
243
225
91
84
63
62
43
42
28
27
19
15
14
13
12
11
10
10
8
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing XYLOL:

39% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
15% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.0% →
TIARE 6.27 bits
14.9% →
RONTE 5.41 bits
10.3% →
SAICE 5.34 bits
9.5% →
TARSE 4.99 bits
3.9% →
TASER 4.66 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 4.64 bits
2.7% →
DRONE 3.95 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.34 bits
1.8% →
MARLE 4.20 bits
1.8% →
BEAST 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

X8Y4L1O1L1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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