5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GALAX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

An independent city in Virginia, United States.

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 GALAX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GALAX 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 62.0% of games, misses completely in 38.0%, and leaves about 428 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,813 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__X A in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CRATE SLIER RONTE SLATE NOIRE
Words starting with G Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
428 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GALAX 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,813 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GALAX ranks #13,813 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
380
6 guesses
30

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
27%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

897
258
254
184
112
99
63
59
53
50
36
22
20
19
19
18
17
16
15
11
10
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9
9
7
7
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6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GALAX:

38% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.0% →
TORSE 6.16 bits
10.9% →
CRATE 5.53 bits
10.8% →
SLIER 5.08 bits
7.8% →
RONTE 4.85 bits
4.7% →
SLATE 4.52 bits
4.2% →
NOIRE 4.98 bits
2.7% →
SETER 4.41 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.31 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 5.03 bits
2.1% →
CRUET 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1L1A1X8
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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