5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GAMBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Abbreviation of viola da gamba.

Noun

A rank of organ pipes, so called for a supposed resemblance of the sound to that of a viola da gamba.

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 GAMBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAMBA 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 60.0% of games, misses completely in 40.0%, and leaves about 468 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,079 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___A G in the 1st position and A in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TORSE ROUSE HOISE ROULE
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
468 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAMBA 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,079 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAMBA ranks #13,079 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
656
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
22%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

943
361
182
116
110
99
64
52
49
40
29
27
26
25
25
16
16
14
13
12
12
10
8
7
7
7
6
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAMBA:

40% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.0% →
TOILE 5.94 bits
15.3% →
SLATE 5.60 bits
7.7% →
TORSE 4.90 bits
4.9% →
TOILE 5.20 bits
4.7% →
ROUSE 5.16 bits
4.2% →
HOISE 4.65 bits
2.7% →
ROULE 4.97 bits
2.2% →
TRADE 4.69 bits
2.1% →
PRASE 4.56 bits
1.7% →
POLEY 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1M3B3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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