5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GELEE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.

Noun

Alternative form of gele (“type of women’s headwrap”).

Alternative forms: gelée

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 GELEE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GELEE 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 66.9% of games, misses completely in 33.1%, and leaves about 340 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,997 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST SONAR SHART ROANY SOILY
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
340 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GELEE 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,997 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GELEE ranks #12,997 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
688
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
351
6 guesses
23
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
45%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

781
267
217
160
105
91
85
65
62
48
43
41
32
31
29
23
19
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GELEE:

33% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.1% →
ROAST 5.98 bits
11.3% →
COAST 5.13 bits
9.2% →
ROAST 5.18 bits
6.8% →
SONAR 4.61 bits
4.5% →
SHART 4.81 bits
3.9% →
SHART 5.22 bits
3.6% →
ROANY 4.97 bits
2.8% →
SOILY 4.50 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.24 bits
2.0% →
SAUNT 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2E1L1E1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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