5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GAOLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gaol

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gaol

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 GAOLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAOLS 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,443 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE RONTE STIRE TRACE TRICE PLIER
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAOLS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,443 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAOLS ranks #1,443 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
986
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
14
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:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
177
174
174
131
117
108
104
75
66
56
51
39
38
36
33
32
28
28
26
24
22
22
21
20
18
18
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAOLS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
TRINE 6.06 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 5.39 bits
7.4% →
STIRE 5.47 bits
7.4% →
TRACE 5.64 bits
5.6% →
TRICE 4.87 bits
5.0% →
PLIER 4.95 bits
4.6% →
PEART 4.77 bits
4.4% →
PEARL 4.57 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.42 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1O1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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