5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JIMMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 71.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/

Noun

A marijuana cigarette.

Noun

A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.

Verb

To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.

Alternative forms: jemmy

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 JIMMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JIMMY 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 50.8% of games, misses completely in 49.2%, and leaves about 671 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,781 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.05 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 _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SORAL RONTE SOREL SATED
Words starting with J Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.73 Entropy (bits)
671 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
71.6% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JIMMY 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.

4.05 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#14,781 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JIMMY ranks #14,781 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
485
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
529
6 guesses
60
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:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
27%
All gray
49%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1160
367
250
139
109
40
36
34
31
27
24
23
13
10
8
8
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5
5
4
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4
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3
3
3
3
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2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JIMMY:

49% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.2% →
TARSE 6.26 bits
15.6% →
TRINE 5.46 bits
10.6% →
SORAL 4.86 bits
5.9% →
RONTE 4.87 bits
4.6% →
SOREL 5.45 bits
1.7% →
SATED 3.29 bits
1.5% →
LAYER 4.52 bits
1.4% →
PRATE 4.32 bits
1.3% →
ROATE 4.48 bits
1.1% →
CASTE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1M3M3Y4
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 22 points

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