5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GENIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nɪn/

Noun

The steroid-related portion of some types of glycosides

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 GENIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GENIN 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,576 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART TRIED COAST SORAL SAURY
Words starting with G Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GENIN 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,576 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GENIN ranks #10,576 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
767
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

584
440
181
155
120
88
84
62
40
37
37
36
35
33
27
26
26
21
18
18
16
15
14
13
12
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GENIN:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
19% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
ROAST 6.00 bits
18.7% →
ROAST 5.54 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.07 bits
6.6% →
SLART 4.98 bits
5.1% →
TRIED 4.58 bits
3.7% →
COAST 4.96 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 4.87 bits
2.6% →
SORAL 4.46 bits
1.7% →
SAURY 4.58 bits
1.6% →
BROSE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2E1N1I1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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