5 FiveLetterWords
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GAYLY

GAYLY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪli/

Adverb

Cheerfully; in a gay manner.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 GAYLY performs as a guess

GAYLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,147 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CRATE BIOSE SIRED REACT RONTE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.84 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAYLY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,147 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAYLY ranks #12,147 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
34%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
D I M L Y
G A Y L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GAYLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

737
315
197
161
145
138
84
59
55
48
41
31
30
30
28
21
19
18
15
11
11
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9
9
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8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAYLY:

31% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
BIOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2% →
TRONE 6.21 bits
13.4% →
CRATE 5.63 bits
8.4% →
BIOSE 4.94 bits
6.8% →
SIRED 4.64 bits
6.1% →
REACT 4.67 bits
5.8% →
RONTE 4.88 bits
3.6% →
NOIRE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
SHITE 4.53 bits
2.3% →
TRINE 3.35 bits
2.0% →
SIREN 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1Y4L1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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