5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GORDO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.

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 GORDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GORDO 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 67.1% of games, misses completely in 32.9%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,209 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__D_ G in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE SLANE ANILE CASTE ALINE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GORDO 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,209 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GORDO ranks #9,209 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
13
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
26%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

776
343
135
116
112
96
91
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68
37
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GORDO:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.9% →
SLATE 6.41 bits
14.5% →
TEASE 5.40 bits
5.7% →
SLANE 5.28 bits
4.9% →
ANILE 5.29 bits
4.7% →
CASTE 4.61 bits
4.1% →
CASTE 4.96 bits
3.9% →
ALINE 5.31 bits
3.8% →
TRACE 4.37 bits
2.9% →
DRIED 4.77 bits
1.6% →
SALUE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1R1D2O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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