5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GAMBS

GAMBS 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

Noun

plural of gamb

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 GAMBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAMBS 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,551 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT RONTE THALE NOIRE ROUTE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAMBS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,551 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAMBS ranks #7,551 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
22%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

627
298
279
150
127
97
83
76
52
50
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40
38
32
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27
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAMBS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
12.6% →
TOILE 5.40 bits
11.8% →
ALERT 5.61 bits
6.4% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
5.4% →
THALE 4.79 bits
4.1% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
3.5% →
NOIRE 4.99 bits
3.2% →
ROUTE 5.11 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 5.08 bits
2.1% →
BEARD 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1M3B3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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