5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GUSLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊslə/

Noun

A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played with a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.

Alternative forms: gusla, guzla

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 GUSLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUSLE 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,110 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TENOR ROAST CORAL ORATE RENAL
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUSLE 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
0.71 Volatility
#4,110 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUSLE ranks #4,110 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
15
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:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
35%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

392
294
162
141
125
115
82
69
65
64
57
50
47
41
32
28
25
23
23
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15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUSLE:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
TRAIN 6.02 bits
12.5% →
TENOR 5.12 bits
6.9% →
ROAST 5.28 bits
6.0% →
CORAL 5.01 bits
5.3% →
ORATE 4.34 bits
4.9% →
RENAL 4.53 bits
3.5% →
ROAST 4.37 bits
2.9% →
STEER 4.58 bits
2.8% →
COURT 4.96 bits
2.7% →
RAINY 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1S1L1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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