5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GARMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

clothing

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 GARMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GARMS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,201 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__M_ G in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED CLOTE TRADE CONTE THALE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GARMS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,201 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GARMS ranks #3,201 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
257
218
192
125
112
99
77
67
66
58
47
44
30
28
26
25
24
22
21
21
21
20
20
17
17
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GARMS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
10.9% →
TRIED 5.25 bits
9.2% →
TOILE 5.50 bits
8.1% →
CLOTE 5.52 bits
5.3% →
TRADE 4.74 bits
4.7% →
CONTE 4.71 bits
4.2% →
THALE 4.89 bits
3.3% →
TOILE 4.78 bits
2.8% →
MOILE 4.89 bits
2.8% →
SHOTE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1R1M3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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