5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GIGOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡət//ʒi.ɡoʊ/

Noun

A leg of lamb or mutton.

Noun

Ellipsis of gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”).

Alternative forms: gigget, giggot, jigget, jiggot

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 GIGOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GIGOT 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,765 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__O_ G in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SERAL CARLE TARTE SANED PALER ROUTE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIGOT 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
0.70 Volatility
#10,765 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIGOT ranks #10,765 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
18
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:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
289
225
196
110
105
84
81
60
48
46
38
36
36
34
27
27
27
21
18
15
11
10
10
10
10
8
8
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIGOT:

28% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
SERAL 6.17 bits
12.3% →
CARLE 5.31 bits
9.5% →
CARLE 5.37 bits
8.3% →
TARTE 5.62 bits
4.7% →
SERAL 5.18 bits
4.5% →
SANED 4.39 bits
3.6% →
PALER 4.63 bits
3.4% →
ROUTE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
CRANE 4.76 bits
2.0% →
SANER 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1G2O1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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