5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

GATER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal while the circuit is not in use.

Noun

A component of a neural network that determines the probability that each member of a set of predictors will be selected.

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 GATER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GATER 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 94 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,712 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R G in the 1st position and R in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position GA_ER G in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE CLAIM HOIST CRONY SLADE
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
94 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GATER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,712 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GATER ranks #1,712 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
11
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
167
134
112
111
94
91
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75
69
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GATER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
7% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
6% chance
Suggested:
CLAIM

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
7.1% →
SEINE 5.32 bits
5.7% →
CLAIM 5.06 bits
4.7% →
HOIST 5.13 bits
4.7% →
CRONY 4.81 bits
4.0% →
SLADE 4.66 bits
3.9% →
SEINE 4.44 bits
3.7% →
SOILY 3.64 bits
3.4% →
SONLY 4.72 bits
3.2% →
CRAWL 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1T1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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