5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GOODS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡʊdz/

Noun

plural of good

Noun

That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of good

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 GOODS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOODS 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 376 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,577 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__D_ G in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE ARIEL CARTE MANOR RAINE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.76 Entropy (bits)
376 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOODS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,577 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOODS ranks #10,577 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
15
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
28%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

807
386
166
131
111
98
77
58
57
38
36
26
22
22
21
21
19
19
15
15
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOODS:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
16% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
RAILE 6.14 bits
16.4% →
STALE 5.66 bits
7.0% →
ARIEL 5.65 bits
5.6% →
CARTE 4.83 bits
4.7% →
MANOR 5.33 bits
4.2% →
RAINE 5.40 bits
3.3% →
CRATE 4.83 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 4.93 bits
2.4% →
REACT 4.01 bits
1.6% →
URITE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1O1D2S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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