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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

GONER

Yes, GONER was the Wordle answer on September 13, 2021 (Wordle #86).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)//ˈɡɔːnɚ/

Noun

Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

“I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.”

Noun

A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.

Alternative forms: gonner

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 13, 2021 (#86).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GONER performs as a guess

GONER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #925 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

SLATY SLATE CRATE STOOL SALTY SAINT
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GONER 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#925 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GONER ranks #925 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M O C K
F L O W N
G O N E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GONER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
274
175
139
99
93
87
86
63
56
49
47
44
34
32
28
28
28
26
26
25
25
23
21
21
20
20
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GONER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLATY
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SLATY 5.83 bits
11.6% →
SLATE 5.94 bits
7.4% →
SLATY 5.18 bits
5.9% →
CRATE 4.93 bits
4.2% →
STOOL 5.06 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.61 bits
3.7% →
SAINT 5.32 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 3.77 bits
2.7% →
STEEL 4.48 bits
2.4% →
DROIT 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1N1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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