5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GAZOO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of kazoo (“musical instrument”).

Noun

Synonym of wazoo (“anus”)

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 GAZOO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GAZOO 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 67.7% of games, misses completely in 32.3%, and leaves about 403 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,490 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__O_ G in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER LEAST TRONE TRINE SLIDE CORAL
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.36 Entropy (bits)
403 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GAZOO 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,490 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GAZOO ranks #14,490 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
540
4 guesses
1,299
5 guesses
441
6 guesses
32
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
24%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

761
436
325
230
86
75
43
40
37
32
25
25
24
23
23
21
20
17
13
11
8
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4
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3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GAZOO:

32% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
14% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.3% →
SLIER 6.05 bits
18.5% →
LEAST 5.50 bits
13.8% →
TRONE 5.29 bits
9.8% →
TRINE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
SLIDE 4.68 bits
3.2% →
CORAL 4.46 bits
1.8% →
SIREN 4.09 bits
1.7% →
TUILE 4.78 bits
1.6% →
SLANT 3.57 bits
1.4% →
TRINE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1Z10O1O1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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