5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GOOSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Characteristic of a goose; anserine

Adjective

foolish; silly

Noun

A goose.

Noun

A foolish person; a silly.

Alternative forms: goosey, goosie

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 GOOSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOOSY 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 66.4% of games, misses completely in 33.6%, and leaves about 344 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,664 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE LATER CARET THALE CRATE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
344 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOOSY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,664 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOOSY ranks #11,664 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
26
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
41%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

793
275
187
122
120
98
96
93
55
53
46
40
29
20
20
18
18
17
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOOSY:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.6% →
RAILE 6.17 bits
11.7% →
TIARE 5.34 bits
7.9% →
RAILE 4.77 bits
5.2% →
LATER 5.28 bits
5.1% →
CARET 4.78 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
4.1% →
THALE 4.97 bits
3.9% →
CRATE 4.78 bits
2.3% →
TRADE 4.96 bits
2.2% →
SAULT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1O1S1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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