5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GIVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɪvz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of give

Noun

plural of give

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 GIVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GIVES 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,471 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL CRATE SLART CAIRN ALTER TRINE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIVES 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,471 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIVES ranks #9,471 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
250
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

490
314
226
173
158
139
72
67
67
47
44
40
38
31
30
25
23
22
22
22
22
18
17
16
12
12
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIVES:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
CAROL 5.92 bits
13.3% →
CRATE 5.66 bits
9.6% →
SLART 5.25 bits
7.3% →
CAIRN 5.31 bits
6.7% →
ALTER 4.34 bits
5.9% →
SLART 4.95 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
STINK 4.36 bits
2.8% →
MINTY 3.80 bits
2.0% →
ROANY 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1V4E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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