5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

GAZER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who gazes.

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 GAZER performs as a guess

GAZER 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,471 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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

SOILY STILE SLANT COURT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAZER 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,471 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAZER ranks #11,471 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
18
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GAZER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

409
246
191
175
140
127
125
103
103
97
61
58
40
36
36
33
24
24
20
19
18
17
15
15
15
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAZER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
10.4% →
STILE 5.35 bits
8.1% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
7.4% →
COURT 5.24 bits
5.9% →
SLATE 5.00 bits
5.4% →
SONLY 4.62 bits
5.3% →
TOISE 4.54 bits
4.4% →
SOILY 3.55 bits
4.4% →
COAST 4.46 bits
4.1% →
SIENT 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1Z10E1R1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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