5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GANEV

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of ganef.

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 GANEV performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GANEV 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,828 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

SOULY TERSE SLART SOLAR SATYR SNORT
Words starting with G Words ending with V

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GANEV 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,828 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GANEV ranks #8,828 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
32%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
271
239
171
158
120
107
64
51
40
35
34
34
33
32
29
29
27
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GANEV:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOULY
11% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
SOULY 5.62 bits
11.5% →
TERSE 5.37 bits
10.1% →
SLART 5.49 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.28 bits
6.7% →
SOLAR 4.09 bits
5.1% →
SATYR 4.14 bits
4.5% →
SNORT 4.85 bits
2.7% →
SNORE 4.46 bits
2.2% →
STAIR 3.96 bits
1.7% →
TONIC 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1N1E1V4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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