5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GOEST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of go

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 GOEST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOEST 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,658 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CAIRN CAROL LAIRY TARTE TITAN
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOEST 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,658 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOEST ranks #2,658 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
11
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:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
35%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
315
122
114
98
97
96
75
66
64
58
49
46
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36
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28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOEST:

13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
5% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
RAILE 5.52 bits
13.4% →
CAIRN 5.87 bits
5.2% →
CAROL 5.03 bits
4.8% →
LAIRY 4.84 bits
4.2% →
TARTE 4.91 bits
4.1% →
TITAN 4.76 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 4.69 bits
3.2% →
SPAER 4.44 bits
2.8% →
CREED 4.47 bits
2.7% →
DROLE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1E1S1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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