5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GHEES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ghee

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 GHEES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GHEES 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,893 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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 _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TIARE SAINT RAINY NORTH STAIR
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GHEES 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,893 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GHEES ranks #10,893 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
291
6 guesses
16
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
30%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

619
287
248
167
108
107
72
52
50
50
43
38
37
35
31
28
27
26
25
25
18
17
16
14
14
14
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GHEES:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
TRAIL 5.88 bits
12.2% →
TIARE 5.31 bits
10.5% →
SAINT 5.25 bits
7.1% →
RAINY 4.30 bits
4.6% →
NORTH 4.77 bits
4.5% →
STAIR 4.56 bits
3.1% →
ROANY 5.03 bits
2.2% →
ROANY 4.54 bits
2.1% →
TREAD 4.48 bits
2.1% →
RAILE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2H4E1E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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