5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GYTES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 GYTES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GYTES 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,099 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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

CAROL CRANE OLDER DAILY TRAIL SNARL
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GYTES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,099 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GYTES ranks #8,099 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
15
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

368
263
163
155
154
142
123
105
96
56
54
52
51
47
41
41
33
28
27
27
23
22
21
18
18
17
16
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GYTES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
7% chance
Suggested:
OLDER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
CAROL 6.15 bits
11.2% →
CRANE 5.39 bits
6.9% →
OLDER 4.16 bits
6.6% →
DAILY 4.41 bits
6.5% →
TRAIL 5.24 bits
6.0% →
SNARL 5.00 bits
5.2% →
SORAL 4.55 bits
4.5% →
REATE 4.77 bits
4.1% →
ROAST 4.49 bits
2.4% →
RAILE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2Y4T1E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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