5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GATED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪtɪd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of gate

Adjective

Capable of being switched on and off (normally by means of a signal).

Adjective

Having a gate or other restricted access.

“a gated community; a source control system with gated check-ins”

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 GATED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GATED 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,791 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___D G in the 1st position and D in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position GA_ED G in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SNORE SNARL HOIST SENOR SCALE
Words starting with G Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GATED 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,791 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GATED ranks #3,791 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
9
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
2 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

330
216
190
162
135
118
96
90
70
51
44
42
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35
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GATED:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
SNORE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
9.2% →
SNORE 5.32 bits
8.1% →
SNARL 5.07 bits
6.9% →
HOIST 5.27 bits
5.7% →
SENOR 4.37 bits
5.0% →
SCALE 4.56 bits
4.1% →
SONLY 4.68 bits
3.8% →
SHIRE 4.67 bits
3.0% →
SLART 4.79 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1T1E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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