5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GAUDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gaud

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 GAUDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAUDS 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,864 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__D_ G in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RONTE ALERT PORTE THALE TRICE TRIED
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAUDS 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
0.69 Volatility
#6,864 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAUDS ranks #6,864 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
208
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
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

498
278
242
168
131
122
115
62
59
56
49
43
38
37
31
26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAUDS:

21% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
RONTE 5.97 bits
11.8% →
ALERT 5.51 bits
10.3% →
PORTE 5.46 bits
7.1% →
RONTE 4.83 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.76 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 4.97 bits
4.9% →
TRIED 5.24 bits
2.6% →
DREAD 4.57 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.66 bits
2.4% →
CROME 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1U1D2S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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