5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _O_LY

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Possible answers

COYLY DOLLY FOLLY GODLY GOLLY HOLLY HOTLY JOLLY LOWLY NOBLY WOOLY

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This pattern has 38 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: COYLY (August 2, 2022); DOLLY (June 24, 2024); FOLLY (July 10, 2023); HOLLY (October 28, 2025); JOLLY (April 21, 2024); LOWLY (March 31, 2022); NOBLY (June 5, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter GULCH
Average remaining
2.09
Worst branch
3
Information
2.6 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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GULCH does not fit this page's clues. DOLLY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.18 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _OLLY

DOLLY, FOLLY, GOLLY, HOLLY, JOLLY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; GULCH tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_LY?

All 38 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

D 18% W 13% C 11% G 11% N 11% I 11%

Words with five different letters

39% of the matches have no repeated letters.

GODLY HOTLY NOBLY COALY DOGLY

Common letter pairs

LY 25% OL 12% LL 8% OO 5% DO 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 63% · two: 37% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_LY?
38 five-letter words match _O_LY in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, COALY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.07 bits against the possible answers.
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