5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GAGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of gauger.

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 GAGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAGER 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,122 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___R G in the 1st position and R in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position GA_ER G in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STILE SLANT COURT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAGER 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,122 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAGER ranks #12,122 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
707
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
320
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
250
195
176
142
130
127
104
103
99
64
40
37
37
33
28
24
24
20
20
18
17
16
14
13
11
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAGER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SOILY 5.66 bits
10.6% →
STILE 5.34 bits
8.3% →
SLANT 5.21 bits
7.5% →
COURT 5.24 bits
6.0% →
SLATE 4.99 bits
5.5% →
SONLY 4.60 bits
5.4% →
TOISE 4.52 bits
4.4% →
COAST 4.45 bits
4.4% →
SOILY 3.55 bits
4.2% →
SIENT 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1G2E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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