5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GULLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡʌlz/

Noun

plural of gull

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gull

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 GULLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GULLS 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 65.6% of games, misses completely in 34.4%, and leaves about 373 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,622 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE TIARE TRONE RAINE CATER CARET
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
373 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GULLS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,622 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GULLS ranks #10,622 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
23%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

811
350
226
107
101
86
59
54
53
51
48
35
28
22
21
19
17
17
15
14
14
14
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13
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10
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GULLS:

34% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.4% →
ORATE 6.07 bits
14.8% →
TIARE 5.74 bits
9.6% →
TIARE 5.33 bits
4.5% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
4.3% →
RAINE 5.38 bits
3.6% →
CATER 4.47 bits
2.5% →
CARET 4.53 bits
2.3% →
WAITE 4.74 bits
2.2% →
IRONE 4.90 bits
2.2% →
SLATE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1L1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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