5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GORIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gori

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 GORIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GORIS 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,677 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT STALE REACT THALE TALON CADET
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GORIS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,677 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GORIS ranks #3,677 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
12
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
220
219
160
112
105
94
92
72
70
60
57
55
48
40
37
29
26
25
25
24
23
22
22
21
16
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GORIS:

16% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
9% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
REACT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
LEANT 6.01 bits
9.3% →
STALE 5.73 bits
9.3% →
REACT 5.20 bits
6.8% →
THALE 5.11 bits
4.7% →
LEANT 4.51 bits
4.5% →
TALON 5.07 bits
4.0% →
CADET 4.56 bits
3.9% →
CADET 4.36 bits
3.1% →
CADET 4.93 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1R1I1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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