5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GYPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gype

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 GYPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GYPES 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,968 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TRACE STAIR TONER DAILY SLART
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GYPES 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,968 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GYPES ranks #8,968 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
774
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
19
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
333
195
187
167
137
71
67
60
59
52
50
45
45
37
36
27
24
23
16
16
15
15
14
13
13
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYPES:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TRAIL 6.07 bits
14.1% →
TRACE 5.55 bits
8.3% →
STAIR 5.23 bits
7.9% →
TONER 4.31 bits
7.1% →
DAILY 4.43 bits
5.8% →
SLART 4.94 bits
3.0% →
PILOT 4.90 bits
2.8% →
TONGA 4.75 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 4.32 bits
2.5% →
DAINE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2Y4P3E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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