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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GNASH

Yes, GNASH was the Wordle answer on September 6, 2023 (Wordle #809).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnæʃ/

Verb

To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

“gnashing your teeth”

Verb

To grind between the teeth.

“to gnash the air in fury”

Noun

A sudden snapping of the teeth.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 6, 2023 (#809).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GNASH performs as a guess

GNASH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,904 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___H G in the 1st position and H in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _N__H N in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TUILE MOIRE TRICE CARET
Words starting with G Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GNASH 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,904 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GNASH ranks #2,904 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
12
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
A D M I N
G N A S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GNASH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
294
177
141
104
79
73
64
62
52
48
45
45
41
40
36
33
28
27
25
22
22
20
19
18
18
18
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GNASH:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
12.5% →
TALER 5.56 bits
7.5% →
TUILE 5.35 bits
6.0% →
MOIRE 5.09 bits
4.4% →
TRICE 4.89 bits
3.4% →
CARET 4.26 bits
3.1% →
TRICE 5.29 bits
2.7% →
SALET 4.65 bits
2.6% →
RUOTE 4.93 bits
2.2% →
ROUTE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2N1A1S1H4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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