5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GOIER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 GOIER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOIER 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,178 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___R G in the 1st position and R in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLATE SALTY SLART CRARE SAULT
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOIER 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,178 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOIER ranks #2,178 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
188
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
40%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

276
254
139
133
124
102
101
73
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69
65
60
46
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOIER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
SALTY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
SLANT 5.78 bits
10.8% →
SLATE 5.87 bits
5.9% →
SALTY 4.91 bits
5.6% →
SLART 4.95 bits
5.3% →
CRARE 4.67 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
4.3% →
SALTY 4.50 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.76 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 4.92 bits
2.9% →
SAULT 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1I1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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