5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GILTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gilt

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 GILTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GILTS 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,952 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CADRE CRANE PHARE CARET PEART CARNE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GILTS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,952 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GILTS ranks #1,952 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
10
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:
ILST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

471
215
205
171
130
100
67
66
64
59
59
57
53
51
50
46
26
26
22
21
21
18
17
16
16
16
15
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GILTS:

20% chance
Suggested:
CADRE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
9% chance
Suggested:
PHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
CADRE 6.08 bits
9.1% →
CRANE 5.31 bits
8.7% →
PHARE 5.61 bits
7.3% →
CARET 5.54 bits
5.5% →
CRANE 5.45 bits
4.2% →
PEART 4.84 bits
2.8% →
CARNE 4.72 bits
2.8% →
ARGUE 4.95 bits
2.7% →
PONEY 4.45 bits
2.5% →
ROANY 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1L1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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