5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GIRRS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 GIRRS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GIRRS 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,981 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__R_ G in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE STALE POTAE ANILE TONEY STILE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIRRS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,981 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIRRS ranks #9,981 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
16
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:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

590
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266
181
98
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63
48
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIRRS:

25% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
POTAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
OLATE 5.99 bits
12.9% →
STALE 5.72 bits
11.3% →
POTAE 5.22 bits
7.7% →
ANILE 5.32 bits
4.2% →
TONEY 4.39 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.53 bits
3.4% →
CADET 4.61 bits
3.1% →
ALONE 4.94 bits
3.0% →
COATE 4.88 bits
2.7% →
COATE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1R1R1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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