5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GYNIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Diminutive of gynaecologist.

Noun

Diminutive of gynaecology.

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 GYNIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GYNIE 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,870 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SOLAR SLART ROAST EATEN PEART
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GYNIE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,870 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GYNIE ranks #6,870 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
230
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
34%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
320
208
175
131
108
87
67
65
59
53
49
33
33
29
25
24
23
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20
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18
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYNIE:

17% chance
Suggested:
COAST
14% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
COAST 6.07 bits
13.6% →
SOLAR 5.26 bits
8.8% →
SLART 5.39 bits
7.4% →
SOLAR 5.05 bits
5.6% →
SLART 5.23 bits
4.6% →
ROAST 5.07 bits
3.7% →
COAST 4.96 bits
2.8% →
EATEN 4.20 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.15 bits
2.5% →
PEART 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2Y4N1I1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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