Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

GEYAN

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

No dictionary definition for GEYAN is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use GEYAN in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How GEYAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GEYAN 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,130 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe GEYAN used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.83 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How GEYAN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#7,130 Rank among openers
Opening with GEYAN left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.70 average. It ranks #7,130 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
26%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

GEYAN can come back 102 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

343 answers
322 answers
242 answers
162 answers
140 answers
89 answers
87 answers
80 answers
73 answers
60 answers
49 answers
35 answers
34 answers
34 answers
29 answers
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28 answers
27 answers
27 answers
24 answers
24 answers
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22 answers
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15 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2E1Y4A1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing GEYAN

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to GEYAN.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GEYAN:

14% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
14% chance
Suggested:
COURT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
SIREE 5.31 bits
13.5% →
COURT 6.02 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.31 bits
6.8% →
SLART 5.02 bits
5.9% →
SOILY 4.28 bits
3.7% →
COUNT 5.00 bits
3.6% →
RESET 4.60 bits
3.4% →
SIREE 4.71 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.26 bits
2.5% →
CORAL 4.46 bits

Research on GEYAN

Game-tree analysis and word research for GEYAN, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with GEYAN, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.72 guesses and ranks #6,136 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with GEYAN can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.70, at or below the proven-optimal 3.72, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).