5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GORSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Covered in gorse.

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of gorse.

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 GORSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GORSY 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,899 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALINE TRIED PLATE LIANE CADET THANE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GORSY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,899 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GORSY ranks #3,899 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

459
294
202
130
125
98
87
73
60
56
53
46
40
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GORSY:

19% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
ALINE 6.13 bits
12.5% →
TRIED 5.38 bits
8.6% →
PLATE 5.57 bits
5.5% →
LIANE 4.59 bits
5.3% →
ALINE 5.28 bits
4.2% →
CADET 4.41 bits
3.7% →
THANE 4.60 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 5.28 bits
2.5% →
SHALE 4.94 bits
2.4% →
PALET 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1R1S1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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