5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GARDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of guard.

Verb

Obsolete form of guard.

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 GARDE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GARDE 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,948 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__D_ G in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLANT SLEET PRINT SONLY COAST
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GARDE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,948 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GARDE ranks #1,948 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

349
172
159
134
122
117
110
81
63
59
56
50
49
48
48
37
36
32
25
25
24
24
23
21
21
21
19
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GARDE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.19 bits
6.7% →
SLEET 5.35 bits
5.7% →
SLEET 4.28 bits
5.2% →
SOILY 4.73 bits
5.0% →
PRINT 4.82 bits
4.7% →
SONLY 4.63 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.53 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1R1D2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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