5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

GYPSY

GYPSY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 78.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/

Noun

Alternative form of Gypsy (“member of the Romani people”).

Noun

An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

Adjective

Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Rom, Dom or Lom people.

Adjective

Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people; making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.

Alternative forms: gipsy, gipsey, gypsey, gypsie

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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.

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__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _Y__Y Y in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TIARE RAILE TRICE RAINE OLATE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.21 Entropy (bits)
505 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
78.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GYPSY 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,616 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GYPSY ranks #13,616 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
623
4 guesses
1,328
5 guesses
343
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
0 vowels
Common:
S

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
28%
All gray
42%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
H U S K Y
G Y P S Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GYPSY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

997
287
209
137
137
121
79
77
50
36
27
20
19
17
14
14
12
11
11
11
10
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYPSY:

42% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.3% →
ROATE 6.05 bits
12.2% →
TIARE 5.41 bits
8.9% →
RAILE 4.75 bits
5.8% →
TRICE 5.47 bits
5.8% →
RAINE 5.48 bits
5.1% →
ROATE 5.09 bits
3.4% →
OLATE 4.62 bits
3.3% →
IRONE 5.21 bits
2.1% →
SAULT 4.20 bits
1.5% →
RAILE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2Y4P3S1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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