5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GILDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɪldz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gild

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 GILDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GILDS 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,156 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__D_ G in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE STARE ROATE TRACE DRONE THALE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GILDS 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
0.67 Volatility
#4,156 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GILDS ranks #4,156 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
11
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:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

552
307
239
158
108
75
73
70
65
55
51
47
46
41
35
24
23
21
19
19
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GILDS:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
CARTE 6.38 bits
13.0% →
STARE 5.73 bits
10.1% →
ROATE 5.42 bits
6.7% →
TRACE 5.57 bits
4.6% →
DRONE 5.38 bits
3.2% →
THALE 4.81 bits
3.1% →
STIPE 4.43 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 4.56 bits
2.8% →
MORNE 5.14 bits
2.3% →
CRATE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1L1D2S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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