5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GULAG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːlɑɡ//-læɡ//ɡuːˈlɑk/

Noun

A prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners.

Noun

A place where, or political system in which, people with dissident views are routinely oppressed.

Verb

To compel (someone) into a forced labour camp or a similar place of confinement or exile.

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 GULAG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GULAG 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 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 318 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,729 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TRONE TARSE SLIER SLANE CORSE TRODE
Words starting with G Words ending with G

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
318 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GULAG 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,729 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GULAG ranks #12,729 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
350
6 guesses
25
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
24%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

669
437
193
145
143
101
70
54
48
47
46
35
33
32
28
23
18
18
14
13
12
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GULAG:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
TRONE 6.12 bits
18.5% →
TARSE 5.51 bits
8.2% →
SLIER 5.02 bits
6.1% →
TRONE 5.48 bits
6.1% →
SLANE 4.60 bits
4.3% →
CORSE 4.40 bits
3.0% →
TRODE 4.36 bits
2.3% →
CONTE 4.29 bits
2.0% →
STOPE 4.03 bits
2.0% →
SIDLE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1L1A1G2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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