5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GERLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 GERLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GERLE 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,279 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST ONSET SAUNT SATIN STAIN
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GERLE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,279 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GERLE ranks #5,279 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
40%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
234
194
132
131
107
78
77
72
64
53
52
41
35
35
27
27
25
24
22
21
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19
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15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GERLE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
SAINT 6.03 bits
9.9% →
COAST 5.41 bits
8.2% →
COAST 5.25 bits
5.6% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
5.6% →
SAINT 4.25 bits
4.5% →
ONSET 5.02 bits
3.3% →
SAINT 4.25 bits
3.3% →
COAST 4.86 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.36 bits
2.7% →
SAUNT 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2E1R1L1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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