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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GNOME

Yes, GNOME was the Wordle answer on July 13, 2025 (Wordle #1485).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ̯m//ˈnoʊ̯m//ˈnɔʊ̯m/

Noun

An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.

Noun

One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually smaller than dwarves and more focused on engineering than mining.

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: July 13, 2025 (#1485).

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

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How GNOME performs as a guess

GNOME 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,359 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__M_ G in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _N__E N in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR SAINT SAURY SLEER TOWER
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GNOME 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
0.70 Volatility
#4,359 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GNOME ranks #4,359 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
909
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
15
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:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
34%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GNOME in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
352
184
152
130
111
65
63
56
52
43
38
36
34
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32
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23
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GNOME:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLART
15% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
SLART 6.07 bits
14.9% →
STAIR 5.21 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.42 bits
6.4% →
SLART 5.10 bits
5.5% →
SAINT 5.11 bits
4.7% →
SLART 4.91 bits
2.8% →
SAURY 4.82 bits
2.7% →
SLEER 4.64 bits
2.4% →
TOWER 3.91 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2N1O1M3E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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