5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

GUSTO

GUSTO is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌstəʊ//ˈɡʌstoʊ/

Noun

Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.

“He sang with more gusto than talent.”

Noun

The style in which a work is done, its artistic style, and occasionally, the prevailing style in matters of taste.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 GUSTO performs as a guess

GUSTO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,088 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CARLE PARLE CARET LEAST CLARY
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUSTO 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,088 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUSTO ranks #5,088 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
17
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:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
22%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B U N C H
G U S T O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GUSTO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

555
271
197
183
91
76
74
73
69
67
56
43
42
41
34
26
25
23
23
23
20
18
17
17
15
15
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUSTO:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
11.5% →
CARLE 5.35 bits
8.4% →
PARLE 5.53 bits
7.8% →
CARET 5.51 bits
3.9% →
LEAST 4.74 bits
3.2% →
CLARY 4.33 bits
3.1% →
PLORE 4.47 bits
3.1% →
RAINE 5.18 bits
2.9% →
TALER 4.51 bits
2.8% →
CLINE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1S1T1O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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