5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GINGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ging

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 GINGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GINGS 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 372 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,214 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__G_ G in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE CRATE CADET STILE URATE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
372 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GINGS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,214 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GINGS ranks #12,214 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
714
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
27
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
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
21%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

799
355
208
170
100
79
70
67
62
59
32
31
25
24
23
23
22
20
15
13
11
11
10
10
9
9
7
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GINGS:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
ROATE 6.13 bits
15.1% →
STARE 5.71 bits
8.8% →
CRATE 5.57 bits
7.2% →
ROATE 5.26 bits
4.2% →
CADET 4.49 bits
3.4% →
STILE 4.49 bits
3.0% →
URATE 4.62 bits
2.8% →
HAOLE 4.64 bits
2.6% →
ROATE 4.60 bits
2.5% →
PROLE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1N1G2S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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