5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

GAYER

GAYER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡeɪ.ə(ɹ)/

Adjective

comparative form of gay: more gay

Noun

Somebody who is gay (in the sense of either homosexual or uncool).

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

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 GAYER performs as a guess

GAYER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,386 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___R G in the 1st position and R in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position GA_ER G in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT STILE SLANT COURT SOILY TOISE
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAYER 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,386 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAYER ranks #6,386 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
851
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
G A Y E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GAYER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

280
219
172
137
134
130
108
97
93
90
77
58
51
44
36
35
33
33
29
22
22
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAYER:

12% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
CLOUT 5.84 bits
9.3% →
STILE 5.36 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
5.8% →
COURT 5.17 bits
5.7% →
SOILY 4.38 bits
5.5% →
SLANT 5.06 bits
4.6% →
TOISE 4.68 bits
4.1% →
SOILY 3.36 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.22 bits
3.8% →
SLEET 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1Y4E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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