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GULLY

Yes, GULLY was the Wordle answer on September 3, 2022 (Wordle #441).

As an opener, it rules out about 80.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌli/

Noun

A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

Noun

A small valley.

Verb

To wear away into a gully or gullies.

Verb

To flow noisily.

Alternative forms: gulley

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: September 3, 2022 (#441).

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

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How GULLY performs as a guess

GULLY 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 59.9% of games, misses completely in 40.1%, and leaves about 451 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,805 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SARED TRONE RAINE TRACE RAISE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.62 Entropy (bits)
451 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
80.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GULLY 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
#12,805 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GULLY ranks #12,805 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
703
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
345
6 guesses
29
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:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
32%
All gray
40%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B A D L Y
F U L L Y
G U L L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GULLY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

945
263
204
168
95
77
53
51
48
45
38
27
24
22
21
19
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7
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GULLY:

40% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.1% →
TIARE 6.27 bits
11.2% →
TIARE 5.26 bits
8.7% →
SARED 5.00 bits
7.1% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
4.0% →
RAINE 5.39 bits
3.3% →
TRACE 4.70 bits
2.2% →
RAISE 4.71 bits
2.2% →
IRONE 4.84 bits
2.0% →
PAISE 4.66 bits
1.9% →
SAFER 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1L1L1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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