5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GALIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A kind of hybrid melon with greenish flesh.

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 GALIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GALIA 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,183 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRACE TRINE SOBER CONTE REACT
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GALIA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,183 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GALIA ranks #9,183 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

594
258
257
175
148
132
69
64
48
47
36
34
33
23
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GALIA:

25% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
TORSE 6.25 bits
10.9% →
TRACE 5.64 bits
10.9% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
7.4% →
SOBER 4.95 bits
6.3% →
CONTE 4.83 bits
5.6% →
REACT 4.76 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.20 bits
2.7% →
CRUET 4.71 bits
2.0% →
TRONE 4.42 bits
2.0% →
ROGUE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1L1I1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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