5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GISTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪsts/

Noun

plural of gist

Noun

A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.

Alternative forms: gests

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 GISTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GISTS 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 316 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,168 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE PARLE CARET CRANE PEART PLANE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
316 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GISTS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,168 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GISTS ranks #10,168 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
18
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:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
22%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

737
240
230
195
110
95
89
80
69
67
59
30
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GISTS:

31% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
10.2% →
PARLE 5.62 bits
9.8% →
CARET 5.53 bits
8.3% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
4.7% →
PEART 4.74 bits
4.0% →
PLANE 4.42 bits
3.8% →
ALURE 5.18 bits
3.4% →
CRANE 4.75 bits
2.9% →
HAOLE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 5.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1S1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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