5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GILET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʒiːleɪ//ˈʒɪleɪ//ʒɪˈleɪ/

Noun

A sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat but generally closed at the neck; specifically, one which is padded to provide warmth.

Noun

A waistcoat worn by a man.

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 GILET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GILET 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,894 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ACORN SEARE SONAR SOUTH CAIRN SHARE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GILET 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,894 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GILET ranks #1,894 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
EILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
239
149
120
117
110
88
85
66
59
54
45
43
37
36
36
36
34
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31
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GILET:

14% chance
Suggested:
ACORN
10% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
6% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
ACORN 5.70 bits
10.1% →
SEARE 5.57 bits
6.3% →
SONAR 4.93 bits
5.1% →
SOUTH 4.97 bits
5.0% →
SONAR 4.54 bits
4.7% →
CAIRN 5.21 bits
3.7% →
SHARE 4.89 bits
3.6% →
CEASE 4.54 bits
2.8% →
SAURY 4.79 bits
2.5% →
SNARE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1L1E1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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