5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JENNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛni/

Noun

A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).

Noun

A female creature of certain kinds:

Verb

To wind finished lace onto cards ready for sale.

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 JENNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JENNY 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 408 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,598 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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.

J___Y J in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position J__N_ J in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL STAIR SOLAR SLART ROAST TRAIN
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
408 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JENNY 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,598 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JENNY ranks #14,598 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
542
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
440
6 guesses
50
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
1 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
35%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

683
615
236
148
110
102
91
47
40
36
26
23
21
20
19
19
16
14
10
7
5
5
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4
4
4
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JENNY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
26% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
TRAIL 6.04 bits
26.1% →
STAIR 5.40 bits
10.0% →
SOLAR 4.75 bits
6.3% →
SLART 4.94 bits
4.7% →
ROAST 4.59 bits
4.3% →
TRAIN 5.06 bits
3.9% →
ARIEL 4.44 bits
2.0% →
COAST 4.15 bits
1.7% →
SLART 4.18 bits
1.5% →
PRISE 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1N1N1Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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