5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GOBBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 68.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒbəʊ//ˈɡɑboʊ/

Noun

A goblin.

Noun

language of the goblin race

“I speak a little bit of gobbo.”

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 GOBBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOBBO 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 45.7% of games, misses completely in 54.3%, and leaves about 754 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,689 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.01 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 _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE CRATE CARET SLATE SAINE URATE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

2.73 Entropy (bits)
754 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
68.0% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOBBO 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.

4.01 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#14,689 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOBBO ranks #14,689 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
533
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
521
6 guesses
42
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
46%
Green tile
21%
All gray
54%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1281
245
189
121
119
82
34
31
27
26
25
21
17
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12
10
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
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3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOBBO:

54% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

54.3% →
TIARE 6.13 bits
10.4% →
CRATE 5.29 bits
8.0% →
CARET 4.74 bits
5.1% →
SLATE 5.30 bits
5.0% →
SAINE 5.21 bits
3.5% →
URATE 5.00 bits
1.4% →
CATER 4.62 bits
1.3% →
CARPE 4.48 bits
1.1% →
SLOOP 3.49 bits
1.1% →
ALONE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1B3B3O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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