5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GUNNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌni/

Noun

A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.

Noun

Clipping of gunny sack

Adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a gun.

Adjective

Full of guns or gunplay.

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 GUNNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUNNY 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 55.6% of games, misses completely in 44.4%, and leaves about 519 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,576 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE TALER STOLE ARIEL CARTE TRAPE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.48 Entropy (bits)
519 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUNNY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,576 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUNNY ranks #12,576 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
310
6 guesses
26
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:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
35%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1046
219
163
154
84
76
66
60
50
44
32
32
27
24
19
17
17
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9
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUNNY:

44% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.4% →
ORATE 6.11 bits
9.3% →
TALER 4.92 bits
6.9% →
STOLE 5.31 bits
6.5% →
ARIEL 5.36 bits
3.6% →
CARTE 4.77 bits
3.2% →
TRAPE 4.85 bits
2.8% →
RAILE 5.10 bits
2.5% →
CADIE 4.76 bits
2.1% →
IRATE 4.78 bits
1.9% →
SMILE 3.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1N1N1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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