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10 words fit both edges
3 tiles remain unsettled. GAUNT fills them with A, U, and N, so it is a useful word to compare with the exact letters your board has kept or rejected.
10 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With G and Ending In T
G at the front and T at the end leave 10 complete answers, running alphabetically from GAUNT to GUEST. Only the 3 interior tiles can change from one result to the next.
Repeated letters
2 answers repeat a letter
GENET and GLEET each use a duplicate. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with GAUNT, GHOST, and GIANT.
Reading order
The list runs from GAUNT to GUEST
GAUNT, GENET, GHOST, GIANT, and GLEET open the list; GUEST is the final entry alphabetically.
All 10 matches from GAUNT to GUEST
10 choices are few enough to verify one by one. Compare GAUNT, GLINT and GUEST with the same care, then cross out anything that contradicts the board.
- GAUNT
- GENET
- GHOST
- GIANT
- GLEET
- GLINT
- GLOAT
- GRANT
- GREAT
- GUEST
What separates these 10 candidates
A, N, and E appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. GAUNT exposes 3 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, U, and N.
Leaders in open positions
- second: L in 3 words
- third: E in 3 words
- fourth: N in 4 words
Movable letters seen most often
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 5 candidates
- N appears outside the fixed clue in 5 candidates
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 4 candidates
- L appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 2 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
7 of the 10 matches use 2 vowels. GAUNT is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 32 vowels: 7
G and T lock the outside
Compare the inside of GAUNT
Ignore the already-proven G and T while measuring new information. The middle of GAUNT contributes A, U, and N. Compare those interior letters with the same positions in the other answers; one yellow or gray clue there can settle a 10-word shortlist quickly.
GAUNT fits both edges, but that only settles two squares. Its interior A, U, and N must still match the exact positions and letter quantities shown in your round.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 10-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for GAUNT, GENET, and GHOST show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- GAUNT
- Very thin, often because of illness or hunger.
- GENET
- A small spotted carnivorous mammal related to civets.
- GHOST
- The supposed spirit or apparition of a dead person.
- GIANT
- A person, creature, or thing of unusually great size.
- GLEET
- An old medical term for a chronic or thin bodily discharge, especially from the urethra.
- GLINT
- A small brief flash of reflected light.
- GLOAT
- To show excessive pleasure at another's misfortune.
- GRANT
- To officially give, approve, or allow something.
- GREAT
- Very good, impressive, important, or considerable in size or degree.
- GUEST
- A person invited to visit, stay, or attend.
Keep G and T at the edges, then revise the middle
From 5-Letter Words Starting With G and Ending In T, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With A and Ending In T, currently with 24 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
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5-Letter Words Starting With A and Ending In T
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5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In T
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5-Letter Words Starting With F and Ending In T
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5-Letter Words Starting With B and Ending In T
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5-Letter Words Starting With E and Ending In T
Open list →Inspect the middle of GAUNT
Anchor G first and T last, then read only the interior of GAUNT. If A, U, and N conflict with a fixed, yellow or excluded tile, cross it out and move to the next candidate.