5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GUNGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Noun

A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.

Noun

Tholin.

Verb

To clog with gunge.

Verb

To cover with gunge.

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 GUNGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUNGE 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 302 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,285 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__G_ G in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SOLAR SLART TRAIN CRUST SCARY
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
302 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUNGE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,285 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUNGE ranks #12,285 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
703
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
33%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

647
420
230
136
108
97
90
53
49
42
37
34
34
27
26
24
20
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11
9
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUNGE:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
TRAIL 5.96 bits
17.8% →
SOLAR 5.18 bits
9.8% →
SLART 5.37 bits
5.8% →
TRAIN 5.24 bits
4.6% →
CRUST 5.17 bits
4.1% →
SCARY 4.08 bits
3.8% →
EATEN 4.35 bits
2.2% →
COALY 4.43 bits
2.1% →
ROAST 4.05 bits
1.8% →
SAINT 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1N1G2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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