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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GOGGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒɡə//ˈxɒxə//ˈɡɑɡə/

Noun

Insect.

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 GOGGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOGGA 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 67.3% of games, misses completely in 32.7%, and leaves about 476 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,698 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___A G in the 1st position and A in the 5th position G__G_ G in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE TRINE CRUET CAROL SIREN
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.05 Entropy (bits)
476 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOGGA 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,698 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOGGA ranks #14,698 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
507
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
507
6 guesses
36
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
24%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

772
633
257
205
91
45
40
39
34
33
28
24
21
21
13
12
10
10
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6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOGGA:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
27% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.7% →
SLIER 6.03 bits
26.8% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
10.9% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
8.7% →
CRUET 4.64 bits
3.9% →
CAROL 4.50 bits
1.9% →
SIREN 4.23 bits
1.7% →
TUILE 4.78 bits
1.7% →
TRIDE 4.06 bits
1.4% →
CLARY 3.96 bits
1.4% →
DEIGN 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1G2G2A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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