5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GUSHY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌʃi/

Adjective

Gushing; effusive and often emotional.

Adjective

Tending to gush, to produce a large flow of liquid.

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 GUSHY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUSHY 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 67.5% of games, misses completely in 32.5%, and leaves about 332 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,714 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__H_ G in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TALER CARTE TRONE RAINE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
332 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUSHY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,714 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUSHY ranks #9,714 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
23
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
28%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

766
285
190
163
134
97
82
66
60
59
40
36
32
24
19
17
17
15
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11
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUSHY:

32% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.5% →
ARIEL 6.19 bits
12.1% →
TIARE 5.58 bits
8.1% →
TALER 4.91 bits
6.9% →
CARTE 5.86 bits
5.7% →
TRONE 5.36 bits
4.1% →
RAINE 5.42 bits
3.5% →
STRAE 4.77 bits
2.8% →
LATER 4.91 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.35 bits
2.5% →
IRONE 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1S1H4Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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