5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GAULT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks.

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 GAULT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAULT 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #790 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN CRANE SHORE SOBER COREY SHIER
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAULT 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#790 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAULT ranks #790 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,076
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
37%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
221
157
136
119
115
107
75
64
63
53
47
42
42
38
33
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27
24
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAULT:

19% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
SIREN 6.05 bits
9.4% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
6.7% →
SHORE 5.45 bits
5.8% →
SOBER 4.95 bits
5.0% →
COREY 4.78 bits
4.9% →
SHIER 4.73 bits
4.5% →
CRANE 4.52 bits
3.2% →
SPIER 5.13 bits
2.7% →
SHIRE 4.68 bits
2.7% →
SWIRE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1U1L1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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