5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GAITS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡeɪts/

Noun

plural of gait

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gait

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 GAITS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAITS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,893 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE BLARE PROLE LINER MORNE ROUET
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAITS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,893 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAITS ranks #1,893 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
33%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
224
152
132
117
113
91
79
72
69
52
48
45
45
43
39
39
37
36
31
26
23
21
21
19
19
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAITS:

17% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
BLARE
6% chance
Suggested:
PROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
DROLE 5.89 bits
9.5% →
BLARE 5.42 bits
6.4% →
PROLE 5.24 bits
5.6% →
LINER 5.16 bits
5.0% →
MORNE 4.72 bits
4.8% →
ROUET 5.46 bits
3.9% →
CHARE 4.69 bits
3.3% →
CRONE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
ROUET 4.54 bits
2.9% →
ALERT 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1I1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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