5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GIMPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪmpi/

Adjective

Limping, lame, with crippled legs.

Adjective

Exhibiting deficiencies associated with the derogatory term "gimp", such as might inspire discomfort or revulsion

“One of the kittens has a gimpy eye.”

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 GIMPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GIMPY 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 63.7% of games, misses completely in 36.3%, and leaves about 384 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,689 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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 SARED STRAE SOARE RONTE ALURE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.84 Entropy (bits)
384 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIMPY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,689 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIMPY ranks #7,689 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
13
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
29%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

856
269
191
146
109
89
84
58
48
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIMPY:

36% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.3% →
TRACE 6.30 bits
11.4% →
TRACE 5.41 bits
8.1% →
SARED 4.96 bits
6.2% →
STRAE 5.64 bits
4.6% →
SOARE 5.48 bits
3.8% →
RONTE 4.70 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 5.22 bits
2.5% →
URATE 5.04 bits
2.0% →
SATER 4.71 bits
1.3% →
SCONE 3.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1M3P3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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