5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GOUGE

Yes, GOUGE was the Wordle answer on October 30, 2021 (Wordle #133).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ/[ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ]/ˈɡæʊ̯d͡ʒ/

Noun

Senses relating to cutting tools.

Noun

A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.

“The nail left a deep gouge in the tire.”

Verb

To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

“Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood.”

Verb

To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.

“The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.”

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: October 30, 2021 (#133).

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

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How GOUGE performs as a guess

GOUGE 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,967 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__G_ G in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER ARSON CLARY SNARY SLANT
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOUGE 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,967 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOUGE ranks #12,967 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
704
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
366
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
G O U G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GOUGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
439
204
202
141
130
79
64
50
48
41
38
36
31
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOUGE:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLART
19% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
SLART 5.84 bits
18.6% →
ALTER 5.30 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.21 bits
8.6% →
ARSON 5.24 bits
6.0% →
CLARY 4.56 bits
5.5% →
SNARY 4.48 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.76 bits
2.7% →
SLART 3.96 bits
2.1% →
MOWER 3.11 bits
2.0% →
TENOR 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1U1G2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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