5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GEMMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud.

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 GEMMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GEMMA 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 290 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,263 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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 G__M_ G in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COURT SIREE SLART DETER SONLY CLARY
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
290 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GEMMA 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,263 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GEMMA ranks #13,263 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
658
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
357
6 guesses
30
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
22%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

514
429
394
207
125
68
59
51
39
36
34
32
27
24
24
24
23
22
21
21
17
16
12
11
11
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GEMMA:

22% chance
Suggested:
COURT
18% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
17% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
COURT 5.86 bits
18.2% →
SIREE 5.34 bits
16.7% →
SLART 5.28 bits
8.8% →
SLART 5.04 bits
5.3% →
DETER 4.40 bits
2.9% →
SONLY 4.34 bits
2.5% →
CLARY 4.35 bits
2.2% →
MUSTY 4.67 bits
1.7% →
SCRAM 4.41 bits
1.5% →
SOULY 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2E1M3M3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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