5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GUNAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of guna

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 GUNAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUNAS 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,375 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARLE SPITE THALE TOILE CLEAR
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUNAS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUNAS ranks #4,375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
15
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
339
206
139
112
90
82
81
74
50
45
45
41
40
33
27
26
25
25
23
23
23
22
15
13
13
13
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUNAS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TRIED 6.05 bits
14.4% →
CARLE 5.45 bits
8.7% →
SPITE 5.46 bits
5.9% →
THALE 4.99 bits
4.7% →
TOILE 5.10 bits
3.8% →
CLEAR 4.68 bits
3.5% →
CROME 5.14 bits
3.4% →
CRIME 4.28 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.81 bits
2.1% →
CROME 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1N1A1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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