5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GUIRO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɪɹoʊ//ˈɡwiːɹoʊ//ˈɡwaɪɹəʊ/

Noun

Synonym of sekere.

Noun

A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound.

Alternative forms: güiro

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 GUIRO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUIRO 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,569 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__R_ G in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SLANE CADET PALET SOOTE SALET
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUIRO 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
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,569 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUIRO ranks #6,569 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
IORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
240
214
168
144
110
95
74
74
61
53
48
44
36
34
31
28
25
23
21
20
18
17
17
16
15
15
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUIRO:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
SLATE 6.21 bits
10.2% →
SLANE 5.21 bits
9.1% →
CADET 5.12 bits
7.1% →
PALET 5.05 bits
6.1% →
SOOTE 4.38 bits
4.7% →
SLATE 5.11 bits
4.0% →
SALET 5.08 bits
3.1% →
RINSE 4.22 bits
3.1% →
SADLY 4.19 bits
2.6% →
LEAST 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1I1R1O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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