5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GOMER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.

Noun

A stupid, awkward, or oafish person.

Alternative forms: gomere

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 GOMER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOMER 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,466 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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

SAINT SLATE TEASE SLANT SALTY DROIT
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOMER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,466 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOMER ranks #3,466 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
922
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
302
175
144
120
98
92
85
70
61
58
48
44
41
35
33
28
26
23
22
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17
17
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOMER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SAINT 6.04 bits
12.8% →
SLATE 5.82 bits
7.4% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
6.1% →
TEASE 4.81 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 5.14 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 4.46 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 3.65 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
3.0% →
DROIT 4.09 bits
2.6% →
SAUCY 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1M3E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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