5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GNARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gnar

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gnar

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 GNARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GNARS 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,992 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__R_ G in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _N__S N in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLOTE STILE TALER THALE SUITE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GNARS 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
0.68 Volatility
#1,992 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GNARS ranks #1,992 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
1,003
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
26%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
253
197
191
124
114
71
69
68
65
64
51
46
44
41
40
36
35
26
25
24
23
23
21
18
18
16
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GNARS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
TOILE 6.15 bits
10.7% →
TOILE 5.20 bits
8.4% →
CLOTE 5.42 bits
8.1% →
STILE 5.50 bits
5.3% →
CLOTE 4.97 bits
4.8% →
TALER 4.63 bits
3.0% →
THALE 4.38 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 4.46 bits
2.9% →
CLOTE 4.75 bits
2.8% →
SUITE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2N1A1R1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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