5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GUYOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡiː.əʊ//ɡiˈoʊ/

Noun

A flat-topped seamount.

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 GUYOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUYOT 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,800 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__O_ G in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE CARSE SHARE PARLE SLIER SLANE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUYOT 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,800 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUYOT ranks #7,800 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
15
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:
OTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

607
230
184
156
117
109
79
69
67
61
60
52
44
37
34
33
32
31
23
20
16
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUYOT:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
RAISE 6.03 bits
9.8% →
CARSE 5.33 bits
7.8% →
SHARE 5.51 bits
6.6% →
PARLE 4.96 bits
5.0% →
SLIER 5.30 bits
4.6% →
SLANE 5.08 bits
3.4% →
SANER 4.68 bits
2.9% →
TARTE 4.71 bits
2.8% →
RAINE 5.11 bits
2.6% →
DROLE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1Y4O1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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