5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JIGOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic form of gigot (“joint of meat”).

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 JIGOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JIGOT 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,707 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___T J in the 1st position and T in the 5th position J__O_ J in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SERAL CARLE TARTE SANED GLARE PALER
Words starting with J Words ending with T

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JIGOT 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,707 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JIGOT ranks #10,707 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
729
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
266
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
2 vowels
Common:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

658
284
223
194
108
103
82
81
80
60
50
48
43
37
36
33
31
18
15
11
10
10
10
8
8
8
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JIGOT:

28% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
SERAL 6.17 bits
12.0% →
CARLE 5.32 bits
9.5% →
CARLE 5.36 bits
8.2% →
TARTE 5.61 bits
4.6% →
SERAL 5.20 bits
4.4% →
SANED 4.39 bits
3.5% →
GLARE 5.00 bits
3.4% →
PALER 4.66 bits
3.4% →
ROUTE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
CRANE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1G2O1T1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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