- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.58 bits
It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words matching G_ES_
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What the remaining words have in common
7 matching words0 not previously used3 past answersBest matching test word: GOEST
Position 2E 29%U 29%H 14%O 14%
Position 5T 57%E 29%S 14%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
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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).
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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.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
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.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
GHEST
Obsolete form of guest.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
GOEST
second-person singular simple present indicative of go
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
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 5.15 bits against the possible answers.