5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GYRUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/

Noun

A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.

“The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively.”

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 GYRUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GYRUS 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,210 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__U_ G in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE IRATE STALE TOILE CLOTE STOAE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GYRUS 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
0.73 Volatility
#9,210 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GYRUS ranks #9,210 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
26
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
17%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

519
362
274
158
128
90
81
57
54
53
51
46
36
31
28
24
24
23
21
17
17
14
12
12
12
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYRUS:

22% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
OLATE 6.04 bits
15.4% →
IRATE 5.22 bits
11.6% →
STALE 5.71 bits
6.7% →
TOILE 4.75 bits
5.4% →
CLOTE 5.06 bits
3.8% →
STOAE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
ALONE 5.24 bits
2.4% →
COATE 4.89 bits
2.3% →
SAINT 4.40 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2Y4R1U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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