5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GOTHY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Somewhat goth.

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 GOTHY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOTHY 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,081 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__H_ G in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE RAISE CRANE LAIDE CARSE CARLE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOTHY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,081 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOTHY ranks #8,081 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
33%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

633
269
201
166
139
102
89
64
59
46
44
39
38
37
28
20
20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOTHY:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
11.4% →
RAISE 5.71 bits
8.5% →
CRANE 5.28 bits
7.0% →
LAIDE 4.75 bits
5.9% →
CARSE 5.55 bits
4.3% →
CARLE 4.86 bits
3.8% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
2.7% →
ALURE 4.42 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.92 bits
2.0% →
IRADE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1T1H4Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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