5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GIROS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of giro

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of giro

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 GIROS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GIROS 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,676 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__O_ G in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT STALE REACT CLADE CLINE CADET
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIROS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,676 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIROS ranks #3,676 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
220
219
179
147
97
87
85
71
65
57
55
48
38
35
29
29
28
27
25
25
24
23
23
20
17
17
16
16
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIROS:

16% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
9% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
REACT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
LEANT 6.01 bits
9.3% →
STALE 5.73 bits
9.3% →
REACT 5.20 bits
7.6% →
CLADE 5.06 bits
6.2% →
CLINE 5.33 bits
4.1% →
CADET 4.30 bits
3.7% →
CADET 4.80 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.25 bits
3.0% →
THALE 4.58 bits
2.8% →
CLOTE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1R1O1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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