5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GYNOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gyno

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 GYNOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GYNOS 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,806 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__O_ G in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE STARE CRATE PARLE TIARE STORE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GYNOS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,806 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GYNOS ranks #5,806 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
18%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

600
285
212
165
142
84
65
61
61
58
57
52
51
41
32
23
21
21
17
17
15
15
14
14
14
12
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYNOS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
TRACE 6.38 bits
12.1% →
STARE 5.70 bits
9.0% →
CRATE 5.49 bits
7.0% →
PARLE 5.06 bits
6.0% →
TIARE 5.50 bits
3.6% →
STORE 4.54 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.80 bits
2.6% →
TRADE 4.40 bits
2.6% →
SAULT 4.48 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2Y4N1O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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