5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GOMBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of gumbo (“stew, okra”).

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 GOMBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOMBO 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 53.1% of games, misses completely in 46.9%, and leaves about 576 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,250 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE CRATE CARET RAILE SACRE SLANE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.26 Entropy (bits)
576 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOMBO 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,250 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOMBO ranks #13,250 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
666
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
367
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
53%
Green tile
21%
All gray
47%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1106
220
152
145
141
107
75
35
30
27
27
24
19
19
18
18
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOMBO:

47% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
6% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.9% →
TIARE 6.17 bits
9.3% →
CRATE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
CARET 4.83 bits
6.1% →
RAILE 5.47 bits
6.0% →
SACRE 5.55 bits
4.5% →
SLANE 5.12 bits
3.2% →
URATE 5.00 bits
1.5% →
LIANE 4.16 bits
1.3% →
BARON 4.39 bits
1.1% →
SLOOP 3.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1M3B3O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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