5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GURNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gurn

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gurn

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 GURNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GURNS 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,170 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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE CADET STALE CANOE STOAE MATEY
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GURNS 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
0.71 Volatility
#4,170 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GURNS ranks #4,170 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
NRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

487
343
262
149
82
76
64
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47
46
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GURNS:

21% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
CADET
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
OLATE 6.03 bits
14.5% →
CADET 5.36 bits
11.1% →
STALE 5.81 bits
6.3% →
CANOE 5.31 bits
3.5% →
STOAE 4.88 bits
3.2% →
MATEY 4.73 bits
2.7% →
PLATE 5.07 bits
2.5% →
MOILE 4.21 bits
2.1% →
TOILE 4.77 bits
2.0% →
AINEE 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1R1N1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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