5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GOETY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊɪti/

Noun

witchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy.

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 GOETY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOETY 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,335 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SLAIN SAINT ARSON DAILY LEARE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOETY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,335 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOETY ranks #8,335 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
318
158
149
145
114
88
77
67
59
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOETY:

16% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
RAILE 5.49 bits
13.5% →
SLAIN 6.01 bits
6.7% →
SAINT 5.36 bits
6.3% →
ARSON 5.16 bits
6.1% →
DAILY 4.28 bits
4.8% →
LEARE 4.93 bits
3.7% →
SLEER 4.38 bits
3.3% →
SNARE 4.19 bits
2.8% →
CANER 4.27 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1E1T1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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