5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

GIVER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvə/[ˈɡɪvə]/ˈɡɪvɚ/

Noun

One who gives; a donor or contributor.

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 GIVER performs as a guess

GIVER 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,718 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R G in the 1st position and R in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SLANT CRARE SALTY
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIVER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,718 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIVER ranks #6,718 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
12
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
F U N G I
G I V E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GIVER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
301
233
167
145
89
89
74
70
68
42
33
33
31
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26
25
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21
18
18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIVER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SAULT 5.91 bits
12.8% →
SLATE 5.85 bits
9.9% →
COAST 5.58 bits
7.1% →
SLANT 5.46 bits
6.1% →
CRARE 4.73 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.75 bits
3.8% →
COAST 3.59 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.14 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 4.55 bits
2.9% →
PRINT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1V4E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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