5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GAUSS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡaʊs/

Noun

The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.

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 GAUSS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAUSS 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,797 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ALERT TRIPE RONTE TRICE PLATE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAUSS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,797 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAUSS ranks #11,797 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
741
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
27
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
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
350
199
196
149
104
75
75
52
44
37
37
33
29
29
24
24
22
21
14
13
13
12
12
10
9
9
8
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAUSS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
TONER 5.90 bits
14.8% →
ALERT 5.51 bits
8.4% →
TRIPE 5.18 bits
8.3% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
6.3% →
TRICE 4.95 bits
4.4% →
PLATE 4.52 bits
3.2% →
CLOTE 4.79 bits
3.2% →
TRONE 4.72 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.83 bits
1.9% →
DRONE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1U1S1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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