5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GAMBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæm.bəʊ//ˈɡæm.boʊ/

Noun

A low, flat cart, typically two-wheeled and with the sides consisting only of poles, used for carrying hay, corn, etc., over fields or uneven ground.

Noun

A viol.

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 GAMBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAMBO 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,472 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRONE TRINE TONAL SLIDE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAMBO 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,472 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAMBO ranks #8,472 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
12
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

590
337
330
178
78
71
68
67
51
44
39
38
37
28
26
26
26
25
23
23
22
16
13
13
12
12
11
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAMBO:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
SLIER 6.06 bits
14.3% →
SLATE 5.60 bits
14.0% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
7.5% →
TRINE 4.77 bits
3.3% →
SLIER 5.12 bits
3.0% →
TONAL 4.38 bits
2.9% →
SLIDE 4.63 bits
2.8% →
SUCRE 5.06 bits
2.2% →
PRASE 4.56 bits
1.9% →
BEARD 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1M3B3O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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