5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GALED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of gale

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 GALED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GALED 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,822 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___D G in the 1st position and D in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position GA_ED G in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST STIRE TRASH SENOR SATYR SHART
Words starting with G Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GALED 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,822 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GALED ranks #3,822 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
8
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
35%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
245
159
133
118
114
112
99
61
55
49
46
45
45
32
29
27
25
25
23
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GALED:

16% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
HOIST 6.00 bits
10.4% →
STIRE 5.37 bits
6.7% →
TRASH 5.18 bits
5.6% →
SENOR 4.47 bits
5.0% →
SATYR 4.16 bits
4.8% →
SHART 5.08 bits
4.7% →
CLOUT 4.68 bits
4.2% →
COAST 4.21 bits
2.6% →
STOLE 4.38 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1L1E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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