5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

GIRLY

GIRLY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɝli//ˈɡɜːli//ˈɡøːli/

Adjective

Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.

Adjective

Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad.

“a girly calendar”

Noun

A girl.

Adverb

In the manner of a girl.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 GIRLY performs as a guess

GIRLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,157 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__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STANE STOAE DANSE PRATE TOUSE SAUTE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIRLY 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
0.70 Volatility
#4,157 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIRLY ranks #4,157 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
14
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:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
35%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
G I R L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GIRLY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

408
339
230
169
134
93
82
63
60
55
53
47
33
33
31
30
28
26
24
23
20
18
18
18
17
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15
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14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIRLY:

17% chance
Suggested:
STANE
14% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
10% chance
Suggested:
STOAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
STANE 6.23 bits
14.4% →
STOAE 5.44 bits
9.8% →
STOAE 5.43 bits
7.2% →
STANE 5.41 bits
5.7% →
DANSE 4.92 bits
3.9% →
PRATE 4.68 bits
3.5% →
TOUSE 5.14 bits
2.7% →
SAUTE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
SLANE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
CONTE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1R1L1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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