5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GILPY

GILPY 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

Noun

A boy.

Noun

A boisterous child of either sex.

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 GILPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GILPY 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,552 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__P_ G in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE COATE TARSE SARED STRAE RONTE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GILPY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,552 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GILPY ranks #4,552 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
30%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
260
224
161
118
76
72
70
49
46
42
42
35
26
25
24
24
23
23
22
21
18
18
16
15
13
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GILPY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
COATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
TRACE 6.39 bits
11.0% →
COATE 5.44 bits
9.5% →
TARSE 5.53 bits
6.8% →
SARED 5.03 bits
5.0% →
STRAE 5.57 bits
3.2% →
RONTE 4.65 bits
3.1% →
SLATE 4.48 bits
3.0% →
TARGE 5.12 bits
2.1% →
TRONE 5.00 bits
1.9% →
SLANE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1L1P3Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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