5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GAUZY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.

Adjective

light; giving the effect of haze

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 GAUZY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAUZY 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 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 346 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,783 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__Z_ G in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER CRATE RONTE CUTIE SOREL STOLE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
346 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAUZY 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,783 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAUZY ranks #13,783 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
632
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
381
6 guesses
33
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:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
36%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

717
438
169
154
152
111
70
67
51
44
37
35
33
25
25
22
18
17
13
12
12
10
9
8
8
5
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAUZY:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
19% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
SLIER 6.03 bits
18.6% →
CRATE 5.49 bits
7.2% →
RONTE 4.87 bits
6.5% →
CUTIE 5.16 bits
6.4% →
SOREL 4.53 bits
4.7% →
STOLE 4.61 bits
3.0% →
RIONE 4.77 bits
2.8% →
SLART 3.43 bits
2.2% →
SMILE 3.12 bits
1.9% →
SLADE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1U1Z10Y4
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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