5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GUSTY

Yes, GUSTY was the Wordle answer on October 11, 2024 (Wordle #1210).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌs.ti/

Adjective

Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.

Adjective

Characterized by or occurring in instances of sudden strong expression.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 11, 2024 (#1210).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GUSTY performs as a guess

GUSTY 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,001 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL PARLE DROLE STARE CLONE RAINE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUSTY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,001 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUSTY ranks #6,001 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
16
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
D U S T Y
G U S T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GUSTY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
239
237
165
116
91
88
52
51
51
51
50
33
32
32
27
26
23
22
21
19
16
14
14
13
12
12
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUSTY:

28% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
ARIEL 6.15 bits
10.1% →
PARLE 5.44 bits
10.1% →
ARIEL 5.64 bits
7.0% →
DROLE 5.06 bits
4.9% →
STARE 4.75 bits
3.9% →
CLONE 5.10 bits
3.7% →
RAINE 5.35 bits
2.2% →
CARLE 4.67 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
CLONE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1S1T1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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