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

GUILE

Yes, GUILE was the Wordle answer on December 2, 2024 (Wordle #1262).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡaɪl/

Noun

Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.

Noun

Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.

Verb

To deceive, beguile, bewile.

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: December 2, 2024 (#1262).

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

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How GUILE performs as a guess

GUILE 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,231 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

STORY ROAST SATIN COAST PETAL CRUST
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUILE 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
0.71 Volatility
#3,231 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUILE ranks #3,231 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
933
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
13
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
3 vowels
Common:
EILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
40%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
G U I L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GUILE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
301
149
144
123
107
98
83
69
58
48
42
41
34
32
29
28
24
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22
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUILE:

15% chance
Suggested:
STORY
13% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
6% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
STORY 5.76 bits
12.8% →
ROAST 5.30 bits
6.3% →
ROAST 5.18 bits
6.1% →
SATIN 4.99 bits
5.2% →
COAST 5.06 bits
4.5% →
PETAL 4.59 bits
4.2% →
CRUST 5.22 bits
3.5% →
SHART 4.87 bits
2.9% →
SHART 3.98 bits
2.5% →
DINER 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1I1L1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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