5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GOOLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 GOOLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOOLS 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 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,383 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE PAIRE CARET MANOR RAINE DAINE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOOLS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,383 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOOLS ranks #9,383 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
267
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
2 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
32%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

670
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254
116
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68
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37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOOLS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
13.6% →
TIARE 5.71 bits
10.8% →
PAIRE 5.35 bits
4.9% →
CARET 4.76 bits
4.7% →
MANOR 5.25 bits
3.8% →
RAINE 5.30 bits
3.6% →
DAINE 4.63 bits
2.9% →
CRANE 4.73 bits
2.6% →
PAISE 4.71 bits
2.1% →
CRUET 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1O1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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