5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GAMMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmi/

Adjective

Injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).

“I have got a gammy leg, and can't walk far.”

Noun

Grandmother.

“Had our beloved gammy lost it?”

Adjective

Fake; counterfeit.

Alternative forms: gammie

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 GAMMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAMMY 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 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 430 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,352 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

G___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__M_ G in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE SLART TOILE CLOTE NOIRE URITE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
430 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAMMY 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,352 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAMMY ranks #13,352 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
647
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
363
6 guesses
22
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
33%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

863
423
183
163
100
70
63
49
41
40
34
29
28
27
22
22
18
17
15
15
10
8
8
8
6
6
6
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAMMY:

37% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
TRINE 6.08 bits
17.9% →
SLART 5.56 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 4.56 bits
6.9% →
CLOTE 4.83 bits
4.2% →
NOIRE 5.00 bits
3.0% →
NOIRE 5.21 bits
2.7% →
SLART 3.44 bits
2.1% →
URITE 4.93 bits
1.7% →
REALM 4.64 bits
1.7% →
SLADE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1M3M3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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