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GAVEL

Yes, GAVEL was the Wordle answer on February 6, 2026 (Wordle #1693).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡa.vəl//ˈɡæ.vəl/

Verb

To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

Noun

A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.

Noun

The beginning or end of legal proceedings.

Verb

To use a gavel.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 6, 2026 (#1693).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GAVEL performs as a guess

GAVEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,209 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

G___L G in the 1st position and L in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COURT STIRE TRASH SENOR SOULY REAST
Words starting with G Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAVEL 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,209 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAVEL ranks #8,209 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
13
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
B E E C H
G A V E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GAVEL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

431
270
189
155
140
133
133
76
71
56
50
40
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAVEL:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
COURT 5.97 bits
11.5% →
STIRE 5.36 bits
8.0% →
TRASH 5.16 bits
6.6% →
SENOR 4.41 bits
5.9% →
SOULY 4.74 bits
5.6% →
REAST 4.90 bits
5.6% →
SATYR 4.06 bits
3.2% →
TOILE 4.37 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.15 bits
2.4% →
ROUGH 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1V4E1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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