5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GONNA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡən.ə//ˈɡʌn.ə//ˈɡɔn.ə/

Verb

A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or prepared for in the present.

“I'm gonna hafta find a new job soon.”

Alternative forms: gon, gon', gunna, 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

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 GONNA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GONNA 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 74.7% of games, misses completely in 25.3%, and leaves about 300 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,045 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRICE CLOTE INTER CAROL
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
300 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GONNA 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,045 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GONNA ranks #11,045 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
30%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

597
510
189
155
75
68
59
47
45
45
36
35
35
32
32
29
29
24
23
20
20
18
18
16
15
14
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GONNA:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
22% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.3% →
SLIER 6.11 bits
21.6% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
8.0% →
TRICE 5.20 bits
6.6% →
CLOTE 4.39 bits
3.2% →
INTER 5.02 bits
2.9% →
CAROL 4.37 bits
2.5% →
SLIER 4.69 bits
2.0% →
SIDLE 4.30 bits
1.9% →
STILE 4.49 bits
1.9% →
SPICE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1N1N1A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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