5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GUSTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡʌsts/

Noun

plural of gust

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gust

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 GUSTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUSTS 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 64.0% of games, misses completely in 36.0%, and leaves about 386 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,188 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL PARLE STARE ALONE CLONE CLARY
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
386 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUSTS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,188 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUSTS ranks #11,188 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
21%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

849
259
248
123
104
93
85
77
67
52
44
27
25
22
19
17
15
15
15
15
15
12
12
10
10
9
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUSTS:

36% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.0% →
ARIEL 6.07 bits
11.0% →
ARIEL 5.60 bits
10.5% →
PARLE 5.55 bits
5.2% →
STARE 4.74 bits
4.4% →
ALONE 5.34 bits
3.9% →
CLONE 5.09 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 4.31 bits
3.3% →
FAIRE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
IRONE 5.15 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1S1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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