5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GOLFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of golf

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 GOLFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOLFS 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,094 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__F_ G in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE STARE PAIRE CRATE RAINE THALE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOLFS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,094 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOLFS ranks #5,094 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

596
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241
181
129
84
77
72
60
52
44
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOLFS:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
CARTE 6.32 bits
12.8% →
STARE 5.70 bits
10.2% →
PAIRE 5.42 bits
7.7% →
CRATE 5.26 bits
5.5% →
CARTE 4.64 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 5.34 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.80 bits
3.1% →
TRONE 4.28 bits
2.5% →
FINER 4.97 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1L1F4S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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