5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GAZED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡeɪzd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of gaze

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 GAZED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAZED 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,862 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___D G in the 1st position and D in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position GA_ED G in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST TORSE SLART SENOR SONLY SOILY
Words starting with G Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAZED 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,862 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAZED ranks #11,862 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
682
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
317
267
183
168
149
63
56
53
44
42
40
35
32
31
28
25
24
22
21
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAZED:

21% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
13% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
HOIST 5.85 bits
13.4% →
TORSE 5.29 bits
11.3% →
SLART 5.42 bits
7.8% →
SENOR 4.45 bits
7.1% →
SLART 5.35 bits
6.3% →
SONLY 4.57 bits
2.7% →
SOILY 4.37 bits
2.4% →
DROIT 4.60 bits
2.2% →
DRICE 4.41 bits
1.9% →
LATER 3.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1Z10E1D2
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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