5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GYNAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

(abbreviation, informal) gynaecological

“gynae consult”

Noun

Short for gynaecology

“obs and gynae”

Noun

Short for gynaecologist

Alternative forms: gyne

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 GYNAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GYNAE 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,911 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT SOLER SLART TOISE SOILY SNORT
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GYNAE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,911 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GYNAE ranks #7,911 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
22
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
34%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
269
240
158
139
120
88
76
75
67
60
60
49
43
38
27
27
26
25
20
19
17
17
17
14
14
14
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYNAE:

14% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
COURT 6.02 bits
11.4% →
SOLER 5.01 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.31 bits
6.7% →
TOISE 4.47 bits
5.9% →
SOILY 4.25 bits
5.1% →
SLART 4.74 bits
3.7% →
SNORT 4.88 bits
3.2% →
TALER 4.47 bits
3.2% →
SLART 4.28 bits
2.8% →
STAIR 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2Y4N1A1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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