5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GUNGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnd͡ʒi/

Adjective

Having the texture or feel of gunge; gooey or gunky.

Alternative forms: gungey

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 GUNGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUNGY 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 55.6% of games, misses completely in 44.4%, and leaves about 530 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,404 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__G_ G in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE ARIEL TALER STOLE CARTE CADIE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.35 Entropy (bits)
530 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUNGY 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,404 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUNGY ranks #13,404 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,335
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
25
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:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
30%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1046
233
219
163
84
67
60
49
44
41
37
32
29
25
23
17
15
14
12
11
8
8
8
8
7
6
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUNGY:

44% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.4% →
ORATE 6.11 bits
9.9% →
ARIEL 5.47 bits
9.3% →
TALER 4.92 bits
6.9% →
STOLE 5.31 bits
3.6% →
CARTE 4.77 bits
2.8% →
CADIE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
STONE 4.00 bits
2.1% →
IRATE 4.74 bits
1.9% →
SMILE 3.08 bits
1.7% →
TALER 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1N1G2Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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