5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GOALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡoʊlz//ɡəʊlz//ɡɔʊlz/

Adjective

Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated.

“Your relationship is goals AF!”

Noun

plural of goal

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of goal

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 GOALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOALS 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 130 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,049 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE CARET STIRE CRUET PLIER DRICE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
130 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOALS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,049 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOALS ranks #1,049 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,005
4 guesses
1,095
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
12
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:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
208
174
130
122
117
97
89
73
73
69
60
56
51
48
36
35
28
27
27
22
22
21
18
17
17
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOALS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
TRINE 6.06 bits
8.8% →
CARET 5.36 bits
7.4% →
STIRE 5.47 bits
5.5% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
5.2% →
CRUET 4.63 bits
5.0% →
PLIER 4.95 bits
4.1% →
DRICE 5.04 bits
3.8% →
RENAL 4.60 bits
3.1% →
PARTE 4.70 bits
3.1% →
CRUET 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1A1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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