5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GARBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A rubbish collector; a garbage man.

Noun

Garbage; something considered worthless.

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 GARBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GARBO 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,039 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE CONTE TRIER SIENT TRACE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GARBO 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,039 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GARBO ranks #6,039 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
16
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

428
252
235
201
141
125
117
58
56
54
52
41
30
29
27
24
24
23
22
22
21
21
18
18
15
15
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GARBO:

18% chance
Suggested:
STILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
STILE 6.10 bits
10.7% →
SLATE 5.63 bits
10.0% →
CONTE 5.21 bits
8.5% →
TRIER 5.04 bits
6.0% →
SIENT 4.59 bits
5.3% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
5.0% →
SOOTE 4.42 bits
2.5% →
SHIEL 4.42 bits
2.4% →
TONAL 4.33 bits
2.3% →
SUCRE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1R1B3O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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