5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GALUT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡəˈluːt/

Noun

The Jewish Diaspora (dispersion from Israel).

Alternative forms: galus, galuth

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 GALUT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GALUT 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,294 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__U_ G in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN CRANE SLIER SHORE CURSE COREY
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GALUT 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,294 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GALUT ranks #1,294 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
998
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
15
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:
ALTU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
221
158
157
123
119
114
75
64
53
49
48
47
40
38
36
34
33
23
23
21
21
19
19
18
17
17
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GALUT:

19% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
SIREN 6.05 bits
9.4% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
6.7% →
SLIER 5.05 bits
6.7% →
SHORE 5.45 bits
5.2% →
CURSE 4.84 bits
5.0% →
COREY 4.78 bits
4.8% →
SLICE 4.63 bits
3.2% →
SPIER 5.13 bits
2.7% →
SHIRE 4.68 bits
2.2% →
TRITE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1L1U1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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