5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GYNNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 67.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of guinea.

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 GYNNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GYNNY 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 45.2% of games, misses completely in 54.8%, and leaves about 768 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,596 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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 _Y__Y Y in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLART SOARE ROAST RAILE CADIE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.67 Entropy (bits)
768 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
67.4% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GYNNY 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,596 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GYNNY ranks #14,596 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
530
4 guesses
1,326
5 guesses
437
6 guesses
34
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

3/5 unique
0 vowels
Common:
N

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
45%
Green tile
31%
All gray
55%

Feedback distribution

43 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1293
263
186
109
94
75
72
32
26
21
20
20
18
16
14
12
10
10
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8
8
5
5
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3
3
3
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYNNY:

55% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

54.8% →
TARSE 6.25 bits
11.2% →
SLART 4.82 bits
7.9% →
SOARE 5.39 bits
4.6% →
ROAST 4.73 bits
4.0% →
RAILE 5.18 bits
3.2% →
CADIE 4.80 bits
3.1% →
URATE 5.00 bits
1.4% →
SWILE 3.80 bits
1.1% →
TALER 4.44 bits
0.9% →
RAILE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2Y4N1N1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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