5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GIRON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of gyron.

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 GIRON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GIRON 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,526 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__O_ G in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SETAE LEANT STADE PRATE CASTE
Words starting with G Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIRON 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,526 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIRON ranks #1,526 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
180
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
2 vowels
Common:
INOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
243
184
154
125
106
86
80
75
53
48
38
34
31
29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIRON:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SETAE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
SLATE 6.51 bits
10.3% →
SETAE 5.31 bits
7.8% →
SLATE 5.29 bits
6.5% →
SLATE 5.49 bits
5.3% →
LEANT 5.11 bits
4.5% →
STADE 4.54 bits
3.6% →
PRATE 4.70 bits
3.4% →
CASTE 4.89 bits
3.2% →
SALTY 4.34 bits
2.2% →
SALET 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1R1O1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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