5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GONIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.ni.ə//ˈɡoʊ.ni.ə/

Noun

plural of gonion

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 GONIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GONIA 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,437 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___A G in the 1st position and A in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SLEER STILE TRUCE CLOTE LEAST
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GONIA 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,437 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GONIA ranks #5,437 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
AINO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

433
325
224
156
138
67
62
61
50
48
47
42
35
30
30
29
26
25
25
25
25
25
24
23
18
17
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GONIA:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
SLATE 5.73 bits
13.8% →
SLEER 5.86 bits
9.5% →
STILE 5.37 bits
6.6% →
TRUCE 5.13 bits
5.9% →
CLOTE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
LEAST 4.52 bits
2.6% →
SETER 4.91 bits
2.6% →
CAROL 4.31 bits
2.1% →
SWORE 4.01 bits
2.0% →
TRUCE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1N1I1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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