Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GASTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gast

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 GASTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GASTS 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,834 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GASTS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,834 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GASTS ranks #10,834 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
26%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

607
279
191
188
141
94
91
86
84
65
56
55
45
30
28
25
22
22
21
19
15
13
12
12
11
11
9
9
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GASTS:

26% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7%
RIONE 5.86 bits
11.8%
LEARN 5.35 bits
8.1%
ROUET 5.48 bits
8.0%
PROLE 5.30 bits
6.0%
COREY 4.76 bits
4.0%
ROUET 4.53 bits
3.9%
CHARE 4.65 bits
3.6%
ALERT 4.87 bits
3.6%
RIONE 4.94 bits
2.8%
RIONE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1S1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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