5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GAPPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæpi/

Adjective

Having many gaps.

“a gappy row of teeth”

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 GAPPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAPPY 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 65.3% of games, misses completely in 34.7%, and leaves about 403 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,798 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__P_ G in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT SOLDE RONTE TOISE NOIRE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.54 Entropy (bits)
403 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAPPY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,798 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAPPY ranks #12,798 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
657
4 guesses
1,318
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
32%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

818
421
178
167
134
101
57
57
53
40
37
27
22
21
19
18
17
14
12
10
9
9
8
8
8
6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAPPY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
18% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.7% →
TOILE 6.02 bits
17.8% →
ALERT 5.50 bits
7.5% →
SOLDE 4.63 bits
7.1% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
5.7% →
TOISE 5.27 bits
4.3% →
NOIRE 4.96 bits
2.4% →
SLANE 4.71 bits
2.4% →
SLART 3.26 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.96 bits
1.7% →
SOLER 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1P3P3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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