5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GHUSL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡusl̩//ˈɡʊsl̩/

Noun

A full-body wash taken by Muslims to restore the body to a state of purity.

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 GHUSL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GHUSL 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,423 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___L G in the 1st position and L in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

IRATE RAILE TIARE RONTE CARTE TONER
Words starting with G Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GHUSL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,423 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GHUSL ranks #5,423 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
16
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
245
214
118
114
96
87
77
58
53
51
42
40
40
33
31
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GHUSL:

27% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
IRATE 5.99 bits
10.4% →
RAILE 5.22 bits
9.1% →
TIARE 5.53 bits
5.0% →
RONTE 5.06 bits
4.8% →
CARTE 5.45 bits
4.1% →
TONER 4.57 bits
3.7% →
RAINE 5.34 bits
3.3% →
TIARE 5.12 bits
2.5% →
TRICE 5.25 bits
2.2% →
OLATE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2H4U1S1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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