Possible answer Not used yet F tier for first-turn info

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.

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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe GYPSY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.21 Entropy (bits)
509 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 opening guess: previous 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
99.87% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#13,616 Rank among openers
Opening with GYPSY left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.87 average. It 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 (3.46 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 S Y
G Y P S Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GYPSY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

GYPSY can come back 54 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

1004 answers
289 answers
211 answers
138 answers
137 answers
121 answers
79 answers
78 answers
50 answers
37 answers
27 answers
20 answers
19 answers
17 answers
14 answers
14 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
11 answers
11 answers
5 answers
5 answers
5 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
3 answers
3 answers
2 answers

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.

Strategy after playing GYPSY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to GYPSY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYPSY:

42% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
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%
ARIEL 6.07 bits
12.2%
TIARE 5.42 bits
8.9%
RAILE 4.74 bits
5.8%
RAINE 5.50 bits
5.8%
TRICE 5.47 bits
5.1%
ROATE 5.09 bits
3.3%
OLATE 4.62 bits
3.3%
IRONE 5.21 bits
2.1%
SAULT 4.20 bits
1.6%
RAILE 4.50 bits