5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GANEF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑnəf//ˈɡɑnɪf/

Noun

A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.

Alternative forms: ganif, ganof, gonef, gonif

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 GANEF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GANEF 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,307 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___F G in the 1st position and F in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__F A in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TERSE SLART LOSER SATYR SNORT
Words starting with G Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GANEF 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,307 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GANEF ranks #6,307 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
33%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

408
265
225
173
162
125
96
65
50
46
38
37
36
33
32
32
28
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GANEF:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
11.2% →
TERSE 5.43 bits
9.5% →
SLART 5.45 bits
7.3% →
SLART 5.29 bits
6.9% →
LOSER 4.13 bits
5.3% →
SATYR 4.16 bits
4.1% →
SNORT 4.83 bits
2.8% →
SNORE 4.48 bits
2.1% →
STAIR 4.04 bits
2.0% →
SOULY 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1N1E1F4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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