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GUMBO

Yes, GUMBO was the Wordle answer on January 13, 2026 (Wordle #1669).

As an opener, it rules out about 82.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌm.boʊ/

Noun

Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.

Noun

A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions.

Alternative forms: gombo

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: January 13, 2026 (#1669).

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

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How GUMBO performs as a guess

GUMBO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 62.6% of games, misses completely in 37.4%, and leaves about 417 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,678 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

G___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

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REAST SOLER STANE CARLE TALER SCIRE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
417 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUMBO 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,678 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUMBO ranks #10,678 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
767
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
17%
All gray
37%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
G U M B O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GUMBO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

883
363
133
112
107
90
82
54
51
46
44
27
24
23
20
19
18
17
14
14
13
12
12
12
12
11
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUMBO:

37% chance
Suggested:
REAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
6% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.4% →
REAST 6.24 bits
15.4% →
SOLER 5.19 bits
5.6% →
STANE 5.25 bits
4.7% →
CARLE 5.40 bits
4.5% →
TALER 5.27 bits
3.8% →
SCIRE 4.63 bits
3.5% →
LEANT 5.15 bits
2.3% →
TIARE 4.78 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.46 bits
1.9% →
COAST 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1M3B3O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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