5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GONGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gong

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gong

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 GONGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GONGS 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 67.2% of games, misses completely in 32.8%, and leaves about 352 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,964 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__G_ G in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TALER ARIEL CADIE REACT
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
352 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GONGS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,964 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GONGS ranks #11,964 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
710
4 guesses
1,306
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
25%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

773
347
187
160
147
76
68
61
57
54
42
38
33
31
25
22
21
15
14
12
12
11
11
10
10
10
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GONGS:

33% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.8% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
14.7% →
STALE 5.71 bits
7.9% →
TALER 5.24 bits
6.8% →
ARIEL 5.48 bits
6.2% →
TALER 4.63 bits
3.2% →
CADIE 4.64 bits
2.9% →
REACT 4.18 bits
2.6% →
LIANE 4.49 bits
2.4% →
FLARE 4.32 bits
2.3% →
LAIDE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1N1G2S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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