5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GASHY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæʃi/

Adjective

Marked by gashes.

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 GASHY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GASHY 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,998 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__H_ G in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED ALERT PORTE DROLE CONTE TONER
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GASHY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,998 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GASHY ranks #6,998 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
15
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
31%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

539
301
233
148
133
126
106
68
59
45
44
40
37
33
33
25
24
24
22
21
19
18
17
14
14
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GASHY:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TRIED 6.05 bits
12.8% →
ALERT 5.52 bits
9.9% →
PORTE 5.42 bits
6.3% →
DROLE 4.82 bits
5.6% →
CONTE 5.39 bits
5.3% →
TONER 4.97 bits
4.5% →
REACT 4.77 bits
2.9% →
RIONE 4.93 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 4.64 bits
1.9% →
TRIDE 3.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1S1H4Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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