5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GHEST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of guest.

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 GHEST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GHEST 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,635 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _H__T H in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE COALY RATIO TIARE RAINE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GHEST 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,635 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GHEST ranks #4,635 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
381
137
104
97
76
74
63
62
61
58
51
43
41
38
38
37
33
32
30
30
25
22
22
21
20
20
20
15
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GHEST:

19% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
16% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
COALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
CAROL 5.96 bits
16.2% →
RAILE 5.34 bits
5.8% →
COALY 4.97 bits
4.4% →
RATIO 5.15 bits
4.1% →
TIARE 4.71 bits
3.2% →
RAINE 4.68 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 4.42 bits
2.7% →
ROANY 4.99 bits
2.6% →
MORPH 4.71 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2H4E1S1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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