5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GULAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡjuːlə//ˈɡ(j)ulɚ//ˈɡuːlɑː/

Adjective

Particularly of an animal: of, pertaining to, or located at the gula (“the upper front of the neck next to the chin”) or the throat.

Noun

A plate or scale in the throat region of the body of a fish or reptile (especially a snake).

Noun

Synonym of cluster fig (“Ficus racemosa, a species of plant in the family Moraceae; the edible fruit of this plant”).

Alternative forms: goolar

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 GULAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GULAR 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,866 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___R G in the 1st position and R in the 5th position G__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT CASTE SCOTE CADRE SPALE TOISE
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GULAR 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,866 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GULAR ranks #3,866 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
922
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
248
230
155
150
119
85
83
68
50
48
44
43
39
39
30
29
27
27
26
25
19
18
18
16
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GULAR:

15% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
10% chance
Suggested:
SCOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SIENT 6.11 bits
10.5% →
CASTE 5.33 bits
9.7% →
SCOTE 5.44 bits
6.6% →
SIENT 4.88 bits
6.4% →
CADRE 4.55 bits
5.0% →
SPALE 4.67 bits
3.6% →
TOISE 3.75 bits
3.5% →
STONE 5.19 bits
2.9% →
STIME 4.16 bits
2.1% →
SCOTE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1L1A1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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