5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GOOPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of goop

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 GOOPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOOPS 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 64.2% of games, misses completely in 35.8%, and leaves about 389 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,052 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__P_ G in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STALE LEANT ARIEL TALER ALINE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
389 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOOPS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,052 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOOPS ranks #11,052 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
278
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
28%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

845
332
149
139
118
110
86
79
65
50
33
25
21
21
20
16
16
14
13
13
13
13
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11
10
9
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOOPS:

36% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
14% chance
Suggested:
STALE
6% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.8% →
TIARE 6.21 bits
14.1% →
STALE 5.65 bits
6.3% →
LEANT 4.60 bits
5.9% →
ARIEL 5.42 bits
5.0% →
TALER 5.18 bits
4.7% →
ALINE 5.34 bits
3.6% →
CRATE 4.82 bits
3.4% →
LATER 4.83 bits
2.8% →
TRADE 5.05 bits
2.1% →
REACT 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1O1P3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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