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GAWKY

Yes, GAWKY was the Wordle answer on June 29, 2022 (Wordle #375).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːki/

Adjective

Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.

Adjective

Left-handed.

Noun

An awkward, ungainly person.

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: June 29, 2022 (#375).

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

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How GAWKY performs as a guess

GAWKY 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 378 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,908 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__K_ G in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE ALERT RONTE TOILE NOIRE CRINE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
378 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAWKY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#12,908 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAWKY ranks #12,908 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
666
4 guesses
1,335
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
31%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
D U C H Y
D O G M A
G A W K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GAWKY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

799
393
174
169
94
82
82
63
53
47
41
37
32
30
28
22
18
16
15
15
12
11
10
9
9
9
9
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAWKY:

34% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
17% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
TOISE 6.09 bits
16.7% →
ALERT 5.59 bits
7.4% →
RONTE 4.83 bits
7.2% →
TOILE 4.61 bits
4.0% →
NOIRE 4.91 bits
3.5% →
CRINE 4.81 bits
3.5% →
SIREN 5.25 bits
2.7% →
SLART 3.46 bits
2.2% →
URITE 4.95 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1W4K5Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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