5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GUSLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊslə/

Noun

Alternative spelling of gusle.

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 GUSLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUSLA 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,631 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___A G in the 1st position and A in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRICE REACT BOREE PEART RONTE
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUSLA 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,631 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUSLA ranks #3,631 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
12
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:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
23%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
324
187
150
131
125
88
75
60
54
53
35
34
33
31
31
29
28
27
22
21
20
17
15
14
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUSLA:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
TRONE 6.05 bits
13.7% →
TRICE 5.59 bits
7.9% →
TRONE 5.54 bits
6.4% →
REACT 4.77 bits
5.6% →
BOREE 4.86 bits
5.3% →
PEART 4.92 bits
3.7% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
3.2% →
CROME 4.25 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.81 bits
2.3% →
DILLY 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1S1L1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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