5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GASES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæsɪz//ˈɡæzɪz/

Noun

plural of gas

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gas

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 GASES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GASES 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,094 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position GA_ES G in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRINE TRAIL OLDER DEALT STORK
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GASES 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,094 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GASES ranks #12,094 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
694
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
266
216
185
158
153
142
103
85
60
54
43
42
37
35
27
24
20
17
16
15
15
13
12
12
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GASES:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
COURT 5.79 bits
11.3% →
TRINE 5.25 bits
9.2% →
TRAIL 5.31 bits
7.8% →
OLDER 4.20 bits
6.7% →
DEALT 4.85 bits
6.5% →
STORK 4.80 bits
6.0% →
CARAT 4.03 bits
4.4% →
PORTE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
STALK 4.30 bits
2.5% →
LINGO 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1S1E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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