5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GAZON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.

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 GAZON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAZON 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,618 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__O_ G in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER REAST TORSE STILE TRICE CRUET
Words starting with G Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAZON 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,618 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAZON ranks #10,618 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
357
285
176
152
68
67
56
55
47
42
34
32
26
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAZON:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
SLIER 6.12 bits
15.1% →
REAST 5.63 bits
12.1% →
TORSE 5.38 bits
7.5% →
STILE 4.81 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 5.10 bits
2.9% →
CRUET 4.54 bits
2.8% →
CORAL 4.33 bits
2.4% →
SLAKE 4.25 bits
2.3% →
TROPE 4.04 bits
2.0% →
SIDLE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1Z10O1N1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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