5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GERES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Gere

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 GERES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GERES 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,935 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SLANT TRAIN ANILE TOILE TRADE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GERES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,935 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GERES ranks #7,935 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
33%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

486
238
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174
113
101
84
75
72
71
70
59
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GERES:

21% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
TALON 5.70 bits
10.1% →
SLANT 5.17 bits
9.1% →
TRAIN 5.20 bits
7.4% →
ANILE 5.43 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 4.76 bits
4.3% →
TOILE 3.59 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.36 bits
3.2% →
OLDEN 4.43 bits
3.1% →
DEALT 4.65 bits
3.0% →
TONGA 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2E1R1E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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