5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GANJA

GANJA 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

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒɑ//ˈɡæn.dʒə//ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒə/

Noun

Marijuana, the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.

Alternative forms: ganjah, ganga, gunga, gunjah

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 GANJA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GANJA 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 60.8% of games, misses completely in 39.2%, and leaves about 471 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,178 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___A G in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TORSE HOISE TRINE ROULE
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
471 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GANJA 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,178 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GANJA ranks #14,178 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
590
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
404
6 guesses
29
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
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
24%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

924
388
214
184
76
76
70
61
40
34
31
22
21
20
18
16
14
13
13
11
11
11
9
9
9
9
6
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GANJA:

39% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.2% →
TOILE 6.00 bits
16.5% →
SLATE 5.61 bits
9.1% →
TORSE 5.33 bits
7.8% →
TORSE 4.91 bits
3.2% →
HOISE 4.47 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.30 bits
3.0% →
ROULE 4.87 bits
2.6% →
ROULE 5.03 bits
1.7% →
SEITY 3.91 bits
1.4% →
TRIDE 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1N1J8A1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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