- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words matching G_ES_
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This pattern has 7 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: GEESE (September 30, 2025); GUESS (December 11, 2025); GUEST (June 26, 2023).
ABATE does not fit this page's clues. GEEST keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits G_ES_?
All 7 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter E, H, O, R, U
- 5th letter E, S, T
Meanings and answer history
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GEESE
plural of goose
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Past Wordle answer: September 30, 2025.
GUESS
To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
“We can only guess at what was going through her mind.”
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Past Wordle answer: December 11, 2025.
GUEST
A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
“The guests were let in by the butler.”
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Past Wordle answer: June 26, 2023.
GEEST
A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils, that occurs in the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
GHEST
Obsolete form of guest.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
GOEST
second-person singular simple present indicative of go
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
GRESE
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match G_ES_?
- 7 five-letter words match G_ES_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, GOEST has the highest feedback entropy at 5.16 bits against the possible answers.