5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GINGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/

Adjective

ginger, red-haired

Noun

A red-haired person.

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 GINGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GINGE 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,194 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__G_ G in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLART SALTY EATEN TRIED
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GINGE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,194 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GINGE ranks #11,194 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
743
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
34%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

584
381
214
186
123
83
80
63
56
51
46
40
29
29
21
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GINGE:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
ROAST 6.00 bits
16.2% →
SOLAR 5.24 bits
9.1% →
SLART 5.39 bits
7.9% →
SLART 5.41 bits
5.2% →
ROAST 5.14 bits
3.5% →
SALTY 4.43 bits
3.4% →
EATEN 4.33 bits
2.7% →
ROAST 4.58 bits
2.4% →
SLART 3.99 bits
2.2% →
TRIED 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1N1G2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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