GABLE
GABLE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ.bəl/
- Noun
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The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
- Noun
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A cable.
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Etymology
The southern English term gable probably came from Old French gable (compare modern French gâble), from Old Norse gafl. The northern form gavel is perhaps also akin to Old Norse gafl, masculine, of the same meaning (compare Swedish gavel, Danish gavl). See gafl for more etymology information.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
How it sounds
Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it GAYBUHL.
Rhymes with TABLE CABLE LABEL FABLE SABLE
In a sentence
Anne peeped out from her frosted gable window with delighted eyes.
Use GABLE in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
NoThe solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.
Past Wordle answer
No completed appearanceNo appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.
The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.
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1 recorded appearance in completed main-edition puzzles through . A category label alone does not establish a word's meaning.
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GABLE appeared in LEGENDS OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD (blue group).
How GABLE performs as a guess
Wordle accepts GABLE 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #3,897 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.
First-turn measures
All four describe GABLE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How GABLE 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Feedback distribution
GABLE can come back 114 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for GABLE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing GABLE
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to GABLE.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing GABLE:
Research on GABLE
Game-tree analysis and word research for GABLE, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with GABLE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.66 guesses and ranks #2,239 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with GABLE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.65, at or below the proven-optimal 3.66, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- GABLE sits in the intermediate band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about once per million words of written English; the band marks it as a word most readers meet regularly.
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0).